The right way to represent disability is to make the characters accept their weaknesses and learn to utilize their strengths, as opposed to overcoming those weaknesses.
@@flintstonesgummies1662 he's probably just making fun of how Hollywood writers go about me cuz I'm movies. They could do that, but why would they do that when they can go to the easier route and still make their big cash bonus? I mean it's freaking Hollywood, if Pixar was to come out tomorrow and say that they were specifically going to make a film about autistic people. I was autistic even though I understand Pixar puts heart and effort into their films, which still look at it as a crash pad cuz at the end of the date do I really expect him to give a fuck about my condition? They're just making a movie to make money. At the end of the day that's all Hollywood give a fuck about, so should ever be a surprise that they have asked your stories especially about this evil people?
it’s like the quote by Albert Einstein, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”
Bruh. Can you imagine after monsters Inc and they resorted to laughter as their power source he does that and says eye see you. Meanwhile the little girls just traumatized. 😂
and the entire workforce suddenly has need for a monster like him. GEE what does THAT sound like? (it sounds like disabled people only having value in capitalism when they can be used)
not only that, (I don't think it's shown implictly but) it seemed like he revolutionized the field of scaring by getting them to add a support role for the Scarers. He'll probably end up in Monster History books.
"Mike, you're not scary, not even a bit. But you're fearless." As a very VERY huge Monsters Inc fan I thought this movie was nice but this sentence singlehandedly changed my entire perspective of it. So powerful.
It's sad that many people downplay this prequel as forgetable and mediocre. I don't agree a bit, I love the new characters they seemlessly introduced and I especially love the message of the movie.
@@re_i_gn yesss thank you! i don't understand why people would call it average and boring, i guess they hated the final resolution bc they got expelled or smthn lmao. or the fact that they got discriminated hits too close for them
I think the idea that disability “makes you smarter” or is a gift comes from the fact that people with disabilities often have to work harder just to be accepted or pursue their dreams in a society that isn't built for us. Thinking of disability as a gift really undermines that effort. It creates an expectation that if you are disabled, you should have some natural, extraordinary talent to make up for it. I love that the movie shows that Mike is smart because he constantly studies and works for it, not because having a disability automatically makes you super skilled in That One Thing
I think it has more to do with the fact that people still think that if someone faces hardship like a permanent disability, it’s a result of their sins and they deserve to suffer. They then get uncomfortable thinking that a child could be born with such a heavy burden, so they decide that the disability must come with hidden benefits to that child because god would never punish an innocent - or some similar nonsense. I don’t really understand this version of logic, but I’ve seen it repeated many times. It’s a bastardization of karma.
I don’t think it’s that disability makes you smarter, it’s that smarter people are more likely to to have a neurological difference that will be seen as a disability by society. Like how intelligence and ADHD just go hand in hand, they’re almost one in the same. When the brain grows super quickly during childhood in one way, it’s usually not as formed in another way. I think the only problem is that our society values socially advantaged people over intellectually advantaged people
@@laurenj6771 Actually that’s verifiably false. There’s no linkage between ADHD and higher intelligence according to all current medical research. There are anatomical differences between brains of people with ADHD and those who do not have the condition, and those continue into adulthood even though people find ways to work around those challenges. It is a disability, and like most disabilities, it sucks at times and the world isn’t designed for disabled people, although it is finally becoming more welcoming. What do you mean when you say society favors “socially advantaged” people over “intellectually advantaged” people? If you just mean some people value dumb rich people over smart non wealthy people, I concede you have a point. It explains the popularity of the Kardashians, but it doesn’t have any relevance with respect to people with disabilities.
I'm a disabled person who has become housebound/bedbound over the years due to the severity of my chronic illnesses. Since falling ill in my early 20s, I could no longer accomplish so many of even the most basic things I could do as a child, and in these last few years especially, I've really had to teach myself that there is inherent value within myself. I strongly agree that we need more messages like that in media because there are so many people (including me) that can't reach their dreams for whatever reason, and we don't deserve to feel like we are unworthy of happiness. We deserve to see ourselves represented in media, finding ways to thrive that don't always just rely upon us "defying" our disabilities/circumstances. We deserve to be treated as valuable too
The thing I loved most about this movie is that they got kicked out of college. The back story of Mike and Sully being college drop outs who go into the workforce and rise to the top of their field really meant a lot to me. I hadn't expelled or dropped out of college, but I did enter the workforce right after graduating high school. I knew I had no idea what I wanted to do in college, and it was the right choice, but it was always painful to have to tell people I hadn't gone, in part because there wasn't much representation of successful people who didn't go to college. It was a nice reminder.
Me and my siblings loves movies, and oftentimes animation doesn't reach our hearts anymore. But when we went out of the theaters that night, we were in awe. We've watched Monster Inc. so many times before, so to find out that the successful duo Mike and Sully from M.I was actually a college drop out, and had to build their careers from the bottom, really caught us off guard. It really left a mark cause irl a lot of successful people, like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, are actually a college drop out too! It really touch the sensibility of real life, and somehow it still as memorable as it can get
Yes, that was a very classy twist to the ending. Since watching the first movie you assume that someone like Sully has done "all the right things" back in school.
True! When we saw it on cinema with my dad, he liked that so much. He didn't finish college, and in such a similar way to Mike and Sully he got his actual job he's had for like 20 years. He was so excited about it and told us many stories about how his story in his job was.
When mike says “I did everything right. I wanted it more than anyone. And I thought - I though if I wanted it enough...” my heart just shatters into tiny pieces and I can’t,,,,, like??? Aasdfhjg
I’m currently feeling this at university right now. I want to write music for a living so god damn badly but I’ve been at it for a long time and have made minimal progress. I’m pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into my attendance at this school so I can get a leg up in the industry, but I just don’t know if I’m cut out for the job. It fucking sucks as a depressed, anxiety-ridden, ADHD-struggling, (probably) autistic dude who sucks at social interaction and has never had a relationship in his life. I feel like a failure every day and it weighs heavily. I never made this connection with this movie as a kid (I was maybe 11 or 12 when it came out) but now that I’ve watched this wonderful video essay… man I’m just sobbing. It speaks to every struggle I’ve felt and am feeling right now. I hope to god that I can still achieve my dreams and I really don’t want to be that failure but I hope if it’s unavoidable that I can paint it in a more positive light.
My sister has a learning disability and when she was little she found a doll at a store who was broken. The dolls body had beeds to make it soft and huggable, but the legs weren't sewn properly so all the beads whent to one leg. Making one feg fat and the other one empty. It is to this day still her favorite toy. She even costum sews clothes for her doll. That's the kinda thing i was hoping to see from toystory
When I was a kid I was extremely lonely (had friends, but had trouble connecting with people and struggled with social norms). I'd always pick the toy I didn't think anyone else would buy so that it had a home. I remember once my dad took me to an antiquities store and there was this gorgeous doll with a beautiful hand sewn dress and blonde ringlets like mine and I carried her all around the shop and then I saw this old, stuffingless dog-looking toy with faded fur and hideous jowls... I ended up walking out with Scruffy and introducing him to his adopted daughter, Foxy lol
@@anopinion1349 so is yours! 💓 it just tickles me when something brings back one of these memories, full colour smell and texture. I always feel like I need to record them somehow or tell someone to keep it alive 👽💖
@@bogeyworman6102 yeah i totally get what you mean! Sometimes you hear something that throughs you back in time and you just jave to get it out somehow
Imagine if Gabby’s voice box was *still* broken when the girl tried it, but the girl went, “It’s okay, I can’t find my voice too.” And found comfort in the fact that the toy had something similar to her. Or better yet; if that girl was deaf and she just liked the toy because she felt nice to hug and looked pretty.
I would have loved to see her pull the voice cord, hear nothing, be confused for just half a moment, and then start playing with Gaby like she was an airplane and making the accompanying noise herself. In brings home the message MU does while also being totally 100% realistic and unforced. Kids play with toys in all sorts of ways and use them as all sorts of different objects. Toys exist to engage the imagination of a child after all.
That wouldn't have worked whatsoever because what would be in it for Woody as a character? The reason why he gives Gabby his voice box to her in the first place and even dismisses her offer to give it back, is because he was originally going to give her to Bonnie, so that she could potentially take his place in the room, it's when the kid pulls his voicebox inside of Gabby's back, that he realises that he made that happen along with the other toys, it's what forms the realisation for Woody, the realisation that he can do so much more shit in the world, than being stuck in a closet. He's become what he hated three movies ago, a lost, broken toy, but much like Mike Wazowski, he's found something better because of it.
I always liked him saying "I did everything right. I wanted it more than anyone. And I thought- I thought that if I wanted it enough..." It reminds me of that amazing quote from Star Trek: "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness. That is life."
I completely agree with your analysis on the “gifted” sully, I breezed through Elementary and middle school so much so that I never learned what to do when I struggle. Because I was handed such an easy life in the beginning, I never grew the willpower necessary to push through difficult obstacles. I know nobody asked to give my life story, but it’s just so comforting knowing that people out there understand
Been there as well, add autism and adhd into the mix and... Well, I crashed during my master degree. Had a project I really wanted to make into something cool, and I just couldnt mentally work on it anymore. Talked it over with a teacher, decided my bachelors degree was enough, since a masters in game design really doesnt offer much extra value and it just wasnt worth the stress anymore. A good year later, I still want to pick up or reboot that project again at some point, but actually working up the creativity to get any decent work done is still just impossible...
Me too. I wanted to go into acting, but late hs thru college I was in the worst flare of my life, so, I couldn't join any of the plays and stuff in college, or community theater. Had to give up that dream.
This video made me actively interested in this movie even if outside of this lens its more of an entirely meh prequel. But due to this reading as a disabled woman who did have to give up several different career attempts, it feels interesting and meaningful.
If we carry Mike's arc into Monsters Inc, when they discover laughter is more powerful than being scared through Mike and Sully's experience with Boo, Mike becomes one of the main comedians while Sully runs the factory. Mike may not have been scary but he was entertaining, and the discovery that laughter is more powerful than screaming played to his strengths and ultimately saw him live his dream, albeit in a different way to how he imagined it. As a person on the autism spectrum myself, this really speaks to me. I've personally always been academically gifted but socially inept, but it doesn't mean I should just give up. Though I feel Monsters University is one of the weaker Pixar films and definately isn't as good as Monsters Inc (which I loved as a child and still love as an adult), I still felt that message.
@@seamuswagner3458 ...i remember reading that in the book, 'fish in a tree'. It is such a nice quote, and it truely is nice how well it matches to this.
Ask someone off on Spectrum, I agree you shouldn't ever give up. However, don't ever expect somebody to accommodate you for your condition. Mainly for the fact that not everybody is going to understand our condition. That's number one and number two, you see people aren't obligated to accommodate you depending on the situation oh, so they don't accommodate you for a condition that they don't understand, just don't be disappointed or upset. Cuz that's kind of not fair for those ignorant on our situation and condition. At least to me.
Great analysis! Something I want to point out about Sully is that he, a “gifted” Scarer, is the monster who discovers that Monsters Incorporated is exploiting children. In college, he was expected to be the school’s top Scarer, even if people’s high expectations resulted in Sully developing anxiety about letting them down. The person who he was the most anxious to fail was Dean Hardscrabble. Sully’s fear of letting others down stayed with him after college. Even after being humbled and learning about the importance of hard work, he’s still expected to be the top dog at Monsters Inc. Waternoose fills Hardscarbble’s role of being the anchor that stops Sully from being who he wants to be. From the beginning of Monsters University to the end of Monsters Inc, Sully goes from being an egotistical jock to a humbled, big-hearted individual who ends the exploitation of children. After befriending a human child, Sully develops the courage to take a stand against the societal machine, and reinvents Monsters Inc from the ground up. He does this by making its goal spreading joy among children instead of traumatizing them. It's kind of sweet when you think about it.
On the flip side of the coin, Mike may never get to be a scarer - but he *does* get to become MI's top comedian one day... MU has its flaws, it's certainly not as good a movie as the film it's a prequel to (let's face it, that would be difficult, MI is amazing)... but it *is* an excellent prequel.
But not only did he become a trainer for scarers, in the first movie he essentially did achieve his original dream when he became a comedian for the kids that replaced scarers. In a way he made what he was born with work for him after years of work and ended up co founding a new type of energy that saved their city with Sully.
a new type of energy that was significantly more powerful, sustainable, and wholesome too. environmentally clean, if the environment is considered to be a child's psyche.
Honestly, the Monsters Inc. movies are revolutionary. Not only does it have the idea of finding energy sources that benefit everyone rather than fixing a broken system that just barely worked, but Monsters University also gives the story the fact that unique thinkers are necessary to make significant leaps to make those better worlds. Mike Wazowski wasn’t a scary person at all; he was inherently goofy and better at training. But in the end he cared for a species he didn’t care about and inadvertently came up with the idea that gave the monster world better energy. It also benefitted him because he was also wittier than most as shown in Monsters Inc so being a comedian also is a good fit. Monsters Inc was already a good movie with good morals. But Monsters University made the Monsters Inc franchise revolutionary.
When I was a kid I was scared of Mike more than Sully because Sully to me looked more huggable and he was like a stuffed animal. Whereas Mike is a one eyed booger looking miniature demon.
Sully also acts more huggable, and Mike is just mean! If I were Boo, I would be scared of a weird thing that's mean to me, not a weird thing that's kind to me.
“Having a disability doesn’t mean I’m secretly cooler or more beautiful than anybody else, it means I have a disability.” this quote sums up this video absolutely perfectly.
I never occurred to me that Mike's story could be interpreted as an allegory for being disabled, so thank you so much for making this video so I could learn this new perspective. I personally loved this movie because I feel like it's important to teach kids that "if you work hard enough, you can achieve anything" isn't always true. I reckon learning that as soon as you can, will save you a lot of pain and self-loathing.
@@charliepuppy. not being physically scary enough in a system that values being scary. Puts him at a disadvantage from the other scary (able bodied) students
This movie and the motto "C's get degrees" is what got me through my last 2 years of college while working 2 jobs and unable to read for extended periods of time due to head injury.
honestly, call me dramatic, but the Cs get degrees thing made me tear up the first time I heard it. I'm also neurodivergent and I used to beat myself up a lot for not meeting my and others' expectations, but it made me realise that all I have to do is do my best and graduate without stressing myself out too much. it was comforting.
An here I’ve dropped out of college hopefully temporarily because of my anxiety, depression, and tbh lack of work ethic (though it’s hard to tell which is which sometimes).
@@kstar1489 Are you literally me? lol. The worse thing is I'm more than two years in from being a hikikimori and I have never talked in lengths about it to a professional, nay to anyone. I'm so fucking lucky my country has the culture of not kicking out kids and my parents are still young and capable of taking me in. I wish I was told to be hardworking instead of just smart, innately. I know a lot of people who grew up frustrated when brought up being told they're smart (book-wise), only to get reality shattered when faced with actual smart and hardworking people.
Monsters Inc. is actually extremely mature. The message that sometimes no matter how hard you work for and want something, you may just not be cut out for it and it may not work how you want it to is so painfully realistic and a great message to teach kids about having a dream. It’s something I don’t se many kids movies address. Typically kids movies go for the idea that you can achieve anything you work hard for or set your mind to, which just isn’t true and this movie admits that. Also the added fact that Mike and Sully still achieved what they wanted (partially) by building themselves up instead of completing college eases the pressure put on kids by society to go to college, since usually it’s “go to college or you’ll never achieve anything”. Not only was I moved by the crushing scene where Mike realizes he just wasn’t cut out for the dream he’d aspired to his entire life made me respect the movie so much because that’s so, so real. Having dreams is a great thing but you have to also know your strengths and weaknesses. And in the end mike ended up utilizing what he was good at, as did Sully and together they complete each other and help each other do their jobs. That was another really well written thing about the movie, the way the two main characters literally complete each other and benefit off of each other’s strengths thus learning from one another’s differences. This movie doesn’t get enough praise to be honest.
the ending of the movie actually made me feel sincerely hopeful that maybe i can succeed even though im disabled to the point where i cant even go to college. it gives me real actual hope that it's possible
My main fav thing with this movie is that it's portrays college, without needing to include sex or anything even 16+. Which is a true breathe of fresh air to me, and furthermore i agree with your entire comment and this video
@@skwyd3341 pretty sure you’re being a dick because the internet gives you anonymity, so you feel like you don’t need to be compassionate towards other human beings.
Way to read me mr phycologist, just because I’m being “negative” doesn’t mean I’m a troll. trolls directly insult people just to get a rise out of people. I just happen to have a tendency to be sarcastic, and trust me if you met me irl I would act the same
Last generation as parents: "You can do everything you want if you apply yourself" Parents that watched Monsters' University: "You can't do everything you want, but you can do something you love"
I feel the same way, but at the same time I feel like the word disabled does carry a negative connotation to it. Like we are missing something, like we are incomplete, like we need to be fixed. And I can’t speak for every disabled person, but I don’t feel the need or desire to be “fixed”. I wouldn’t use the term differently abled to describe myself but I understand how some people might prefer it since for them it could lack that connotation of incompleteness.
The idea behind “differently abled” is that if the world were designed to be more inclusive of “disabled” people they wouldn’t technically be unable to do what they originally couldn’t in our current society. It’s also just a different perspective on disability in general.
Worsteverything I’ll respect it if another disabled person wants to be called that, but when it’s me I feel patronised. Like, there are things I cannot do.
Overall, I think the ending and overall theme of this movie is what made me remember it so fondly, when I first saw it I was utterly blindsighted by a kids movie actually saying "yeah, college doesn't work for everyone, and you can still succeed without it" and actually have the two get their position by working up, and, of course, a character actually accepting that they're unable to do something and it's /ok/.
I agree that it is a bold statement, and one that needs to be said more. However there are a *lot* of fields where having almost *any* degree (even one barely affiliated with said field) is better that having no degree at all. Heck with hiring itself becoming automated, I bet a lot of people don't ever get their resume read by a real human at all, because it doesn't have the name of some university on it. And that's something that a lot of fields need to work on, that they are burying a lot of their talents because said talents don't pass through a university's bank first. And that's where this film shines, it illustrates that, yeah, all the MU grads do get the jobs pretty easy at Inc. Mike does have to work his nonexistent kiester off to get a foot in the door. And because he ends up finding a more potent energy source anyway, maybe Inc. was wrong to exclude him at all.
As a kid I accidentally broke the arm off my favorite doll. I was so distraught and thought I would have to get rid of her. But then I realized it wasn’t that big a deal and I didn’t bother to try to fix the arm. I still have that doll, even as an adult and she remained my favorite toy throughout my childhood. Her missing an arm made no difference in my love for her.
I have a giant teddy bear that my brother tore the arm off so I took a old shirt and stitched a sling like thing was it a fix yes but the teddy bear is still missing the arm I still have it it's also one of my favorites
That's the thing about Toy Story's premise of "forgotten" fear. The fear of being forgotten is explained, but did we ever really expect that Andy or any other loving kid would throw out his favorite things in the world over a tear or something? I never once resonated with that anxiety because I had a lot of broken toys and I kept them because they still held a lot of memories. Getting a replacement would've felt like a betrayal to *my* doll or whatever it was.
When I was born, my parents gave me a stuffed teddy bear to sleep with. It was probably a few years later that our dog chewed off the teddy bear's nose, no longer looking the same. But that didn't bother me at all. The bear was still soft and comforting, sleeping with it every night. It is still my favorite stuffed animal and I plan on giving it to my firstborn son in the future. The stuffed animal may not longer be like other ones, but it is still special to me.
I love that one scene by the lake because it's just incredible, The whole movie is filled with highly saturated scenes of neon characters performing incredible acts but in this one scene the two heros sit at the edge of a dark lake shaded in muted tones of the colors we've become familiar with, We see these two at their lowest and above all else it feels real. It feels desperate and depressing and that's exactly how it should feel, Mike is realizing that he will never achieve what he wants no matter how hard he tries or how badly he wants it and there is nothing he can do to change that. For an unnecessary (pre*)equel to a kids movie it's obvious that the writers truly cared about it.
It would of been super cute if gabby gabby found a mute kid. Like maybe a kid was walking around the shop and tried to make gabby talk only to realize she doesn’t, just like herself. She was happy that there was a toy out their that should talk but shouldn’t. Idk just a idea
Picture this: Gabi Gabi is abandoned by the child she hoped would be there for her. After going on her adventure with Woody and Bo peep she lands near a lost kid. The kid picks her up curiously, and pulls on her string. After taking another look at her adorable face, she hugs her, promising to take care of her and be her friend. She then proceeds to go to the security guard at the carnival and communicate the fact that she can’t find her parents… In sign language. The kid that finally learned to play with Gabby Gabby and be her friend, was deaf the entire time. Turns out, she didn’t need a good voice to be loved. She just needed someone who could except her regardless of what she sounded like.
"In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto: "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France." Anton Ego, Ratatouille Pixar does well with these kinds of messages.
i remeber that this movie shocked me when i was younger "a character can't make their dreams come true?? wtf??" but with years i realized that life isn't always a fairytale and sometimes you need to find good or at least balance in what's given to you because it happens to be hard
It's like he really was forced into Mike's shoes, no matter what reasons he had for why Mike was so good at what he does and deserving of being treated like it, it always got beat down and made insignificant because at the end of the day he's just "not scary." A thing that Sully had probably never really thought about that much because he never struggled on coming up short with such a fundamental aspect of being a scarer, he's just always been scary. I feel like then was a true moment of empathy for him because he saw that no matter how hard he fought for him, there was seemingly nothing that could be done.
I am so happy someone has actually acknowledged this. I hate how disabilities are represented in media and the messages and attitudes shown. It's so false and romanticized as if it's something that makes you better than everyone else
No ones going to mention Quasimodo?! He was forced to think he was nothing but a monster. Didn’t get the girl he wanted. But was happy with who he was in the end!
And the thing that makes it better is that he doesn't get the girl in the end. All kids need to learn that they might not get the girl, and that's ok! As a neurodivergent lesbian, I'm still trying to learn that lesson...
@@parkchimmin7913 not what i was really going for I mentioned it because of that short movie about that Girl she mentioned in her video , and how she didn't say anything about that movie getting the whole hunchback = wing thing influence; from said sequel.
When mike said "I did everything right. I wanted it more than anyone. And I thought if I wanted it enough.." I started to cry. I know that feeling of loving and wanting something so much and feeling like a failure because if I truly wanted something that much, I should've been good and above everyone. I should've been great, but I'm not. It was nice to see that im not particularly alone in this feeling.
Hey, I might have adhd but struggle with that idea because i was also a "gifted kid" who never struggled to get good grades. Now in college I'm having a rough time because I just can't concentrate...how did you get diagnosed? How did you deal with it?
My problem is that I can barely see at all. My eyes are slowly deteriorating due to a rare genetic disorder that makes my retinas slowly split apart. I can’t even get a license because the DMV instantly fails me it really sucks because I can’t really go live wherever I want. At this point it’s just a waiting game between a cure or living with the reality that I might one day wake up not being able to navigate my own house. But I keep pushing forward and I try to keep a smile on my face and help anybody else that I see in need.
That whole “this thing that people discriminate against you for is actually so beautiful and fantastic and you should be grateful for it” concept that abled people like to push is, in my opinion, probably based on the idea that you need to be desirable in order to be respected. Having respect for disabled people shouldn’t look like “you’re still beautiful!” Or “don’t let it hold you back!”, all it needs to be is compassion and accommodation. Someone shouldn’t have to think that I’m still attractive despite or because of my disability to believe that I’m a good person worthy of respect, and an employer shouldn’t have to think that I can just overcome my disability in order to give me an opportunity. The point isn’t to convince yourself that disabled people are “actually beautiful” or “actually capable”, it should be to care about them no matter how they look, no matter how their disability affects them.
Yes yes yes! To me it also stinks of inspiration porn like, "omg shes so brave for leaving her house with a hump on her back~ *I* couldn't live if I was like that, but it's soooo beautiful that you can pick yourself up every morning! It really shows that you can do *anything* you put your mind to uwu I mean, no, we can't put subtitles on movies in the cinemas or attempt to create a workplace culture that reduces stimuli and stigma or reduce the time you need to spend on your feet even though you're on the till, and of course we're still going to pay you less than minimum wage because you're broken BUT I BELIEVE IN YOOOoouuuUuuU!!"
It’s probably more along the lines of *we should make sure they know they’re beautiful too, because who wants to live thinking they’re ugly and undesirable?*
If it makes you feel any better, I never treat disabled people like they are inspiration porn, and I never understood the tendency to do that either. Honestly, I feel like sometimes able bodied people use disabled people to motivate themselves like "If a person with no hands can paint, then I should be able to too" which is actually insulting in a different way. I understand that they are people too and just treat them like that, just giving them a little extra accommodation and being mindful of their disability but not really expecting any wonders from them. I am sure there are others like me out there.
@@hittingyouoverthehead "Honestly, I feel like sometimes able bodied people use disabled people to motivate themselves like "If a person with no hands can paint, then I should be able to too" which is actually insulting in a different way." What do you mean by this? Isn't it actually good that the abled people actually have something to motivate them? Because it's kinda true that if a person with disabilities can do wonders, then so can abled people.
(So I finished writing the comment, it’s kind of very long so don’t try and read it if you don’t have time or a long attention span) This is kind of me. It’s not a disability, but I have an issue with my joints that affects my legs and feet but more like my hands. I’m the ‘smart kid’ (I’m not even really smart, people just put me into that category because I’m fairly quiet and try too hard. Kind of like the gifted kid part of the video). The thing I am best at in the world is writing. As in, stories and creative writing. I want to be an author, but I’m also trying to be the smart kid, and I want to do well, but I can’t think of anything I would ever be happy doing except possibly teaching but I know I will never be able to get the qualifications for it. Anyway, I can’t really do the actual writing part of it. Because if I hand write stuff I end up having my right hand getting cramps in my wrist, and it happens after writing quickly for maybe 10 minutes. But whenever I have tests, they last for about 45 minutes, and I end up with my hand going numb and I have to stop and shake it really hard to get the muscles to loosen every few seconds. I can type okay, and I write a lot in my own time on the computer, but I can’t use a keyboard at school. So, I’m slowly getting worse in every subject that involves writing, so every subject except PE, which I was never great at in the first place, and I need to try and do well, partly because I have to do something I enjoy and I really don’t want to end up in a job that doesn’t interest me, but partly because I am terrified of losing the smart kid label. It doesn’t help that my sister is actually gifted, and she’s naturally good at learning AND she somehow actually enjoys studying, so she’s getting top marks in everything before she’s learnt most of it, and I can’t write a page long essay in under 2 hours. And then sometimes I can’t really get my thoughts into order so I end up with the piece of paper still blank, it get distracted and waste the entire time or scribble something that makes no sense and is just a bunch of words at the end. But in actual exams, because I don’t have a real disability, I just struggle in a different way to other people, I won’t get any extra time or assistance, so I need to be able to work twice as fast to cover the same amount. And the one thing I’m actually good at (writing) is also the thing I struggle to do the most, but it’s the actual act of writing words down that hurts, not coming up with stories and stuff, so they’re also echoing around my head and getting in the way of proper thoughts. But I don’t struggle in the same way kids who you think of as struggling academically do, and I don’t have any disabilities so am I still the smart kid? Or am I just the quiet kid or am I unique or what? And I have no clue how I’m going to cope with real exams, which are way too soon, or a job. I’m not even sure why I wrote this comment, but basically: yes, I can relate.
Sometimes the pressure keels you over. I self-sabotage a lot. But then I remember that I don’t want to live with this pressure forever and it’s okay to just live life. Even if I fail or I let myself and others down, as long as I can still live out happy moments with friends, family, and myself, it’ll all be okay in the end.
I never even realized Monsters University could even be connected to having a disability, and I’m visually impaired. But this just makes me love the film even more now
yeah, same. it came out a year before I went off to college and I always associated it with its literal meaning of how college just doesn’t work out for everyone and how crushing the expectations and goals of young adulthood are. but this actually makes a lot of sense.
@@walkingexistentaldread3079 Same, this movie came out just at the right time in my life when I started a course of studies right after finishing school in 2013, only to later realize it was not the right thing for me and too hard and I picked a different course of studies a year later that was much better for me and that I was successful in. I always related this movie more literally to students picking a course of studies that doesn't work out for them.
I think this movie gets a bad rep. There's so many mature and complicated themes in this movie that so many people ignore. I personally enjoyed the movie. I had a childhood dream of going to a particular college, and I got accepted. I was still confused about what I wanted to do, and struggling with undiagnosed ADHD and social anxiety. I was seeing everyone else around me have an understanding of things that I just didn't. I couldn't pay attention in class, or keep up with assignments the way everyone else could, I felt too nervous to ask for help, or go out in public and there's nothing cute or quirky about that. Online classes have helped me significantly through the virus, but I look back to this movie and relate to Mike because he and I both have had to fight for success, and put in every ounce of effort we have only for our best to not meet the standards of others. It's a great college movie in my opinion.
Castiglione agree I didn’t realize how relatable this movie was until I was 17, and the fact that I’m on the aspergner spectrum disorder this really relates to me and how I struggled to keep up with all of my classmates, even now that I’m in community college this relates to me so much. And honestly I think people should look into movies like these. This movie is the best representation of how people with disabilities struggle and how it’s not just something we can just wish away on star, I feel like people were just too focused on the fact that it was just another college movie but with Monsters Inc that they couldn’t see the movie’s hidden message
I saw this movie when I was 12 or 13 and I enjoyed it. And even now I still really appreciate the themes and animation. It's a fun film. Some beats in the movie are average, but I wouldn't say that for the most part
I also have Atentional defficit but there wasn't too much problem in just keeping some things in mind like for a test, and I get a good note score (6.1/7.0), but to memorize those little things I had to study TOO MUCH and i didn't even really study because I can't, if I don't find something enough interesting, my brain just erases it, so I also can't do homework properly so yeah, this quarantine is a torture, I almost have done like 4 little works out of like 20 or more, I have too much to do but somehow doing things in home slow me down too much, and I started this year very well, with the goal of trying to do everything at the time I can do it, and I did it until the heartless China goberment had to experiment to kill their own old aged people and people with respiration issues
When you started talking about the gifted children that develop anxiety and do not know what to do when they struggle, I felt that. I grew up as that "gifted child" that every adult and peer was so amazed with that by the time I became an adult, if I wasn't immediately successful with something, or the moment things would go wrong, I would just quit. But most of the time, I wouldn't even try, because it's easier for me to say "That didn't work because I didn't put in the effort" than to say "that didn't work because I wasn't good enough." It's taken a long time for me to find my own self motivation, and I still have even more to go, but it's nice to hear people put a feeling or an experience to words. It makes me feel like I'm not alone.
honestly same, i’ve always been the typical “kid who didn’t study and still got an A” and everyone (parents, teachers, classmates, friends) was so amazed and always congratulated me to the point that i felt like if i didn’t had a good grade they were going to be disappointed in me. I literally quit playing a sport i had been playing for 6 years because i wasn’t “good enough” in my mind although everyone kept telling me otherwise. And i also developed anxiety and a maladaptive daydreaming disorder lol.
I'm struggling with this right now, I don't know how to do this... I feel bad when taking some time for my self because I could be studying and getting to know the material better. But it's gotten to the point that when I sit down to do school work I can't concentrate because I don't have the motivation. I need to BE smart its drilled in my head but I can't remember why I want to achieve that in the first place. I don't know what I want to do and can't really enjoy activities because if I wasn't good at it in the beginning then I wasn't made for it. I've recently tried to just take some time to reframing the way I look at things, it's hard at times but it helps...
I've been struggling with gifted child problems a lot recently since I'm in my first year of university. For nearly all of my life so far, I've coasted through tests and essays without trying, and as a result I had no idea how to study, or how it felt for things to go wrong. Because of that, when I got to the tests at the end of my first semester, I procrastinated, did absolutely no studying, and expected that they would be a breeze. They weren't. I felt a sickness in my stomach like never before as I realised I had no idea what to do. So now, like Sully, everyone sees me as a naturally talented person, and I keep up that façade because I don't want to show any potential weakness to anyone. But on the inside, I'm absolutely terrified of what might happen if I begin to fail, and can't pursue what I always thought was within reach.
I think I have a similar problem. My parents always tell me that I'm very intelligent, and I honestly believe it, I just simply can't use it properly. I have good grades in languages, I like drawing and people tell me I'm good at it, but that's it. I have bad grades in math, mostly math. And when I actually TRY to improve and get my shit together, I always space out, always get distracted. I think it might be Maladaptive Daydreaming, like another person here said, but I'm not entirely sure. I also tend to quit when something doesn't go the way I planned. For example, I study for a math exam, but when I take the paper, I forget everything out of stress and as a result, I get a bad grade. I tell myself "There's no point in this, I'll fail anyway" and just take it like a little b*tch instead of improving. My parents always tell me that I'm very intelligent, but very lazy, and honestly they're right. Because of my laziness, I didn't get to my dream high school, and now I'm stuck in a high school I honestly didn't want to attend. But, well, that's what I get for wasting the time I could've studied or improved. I don't know what's wrong with me. I desperately try to satisfy everyone, but I can't even satisfy myself, I feel like everything I do is shitty, but I don't want to show weakness so people won't be disappointed in me. But I already know that deep inside, they're sick of me, I'm a disappointment and I know it, yet I don't do anything about it in fear I'll fail again. Anyways, I'm sorry for writing such a paragraph, but I need to tell someone about it, even strangers on the internet. No one cares, I know, but I hope you understand, since it seems we have similar problems.
Alright so I'm pretty sure all of you guys are a lot younger than me, so I'm gonna do my best to provide you guys advice that has worked for me, but I am no therapist so please take my words with a grain of salt, and I'm sorry for the mountains of paragraphs. First thing, ask you friends for help. Even if it's just asking them to let you vent about your lack of motivations, or if they can like come over or hang out to study or work on your assignments. This will serve 2 purposes, 1 it will demonstrate who your *friends* are, and who are just merely friendly acquaintences that like to hang out with you. There's nothing wrong with friendly acquaintences, but they're not gonna be there to support you when you're down. 2, it will give you the support you need to atleast help you develop these habits you need to self motivate. Second, find a hobby, like a brand new hobby, something you're absolutely terrible at. And just do it, do it once a day, every other day, a week, whatever. Make it a routine of yours to do it, and focus on your own achievement and not what it's suppose to be or what others do. Are you bad at art? Draw some stuff. Just draw random things, then start focusing on things you struggle or try to avoid like anatomy or still life or abstract. Do you suck at rock climbing? Find a climbing gym, take some friends with you, focus on just getting your grip first, then getting at least one foot hold higher than you could before, challenge yourself to go for those holds you don't think you can grab. What's important is you keep trying, and try not think about what you failed at, but rather what you succeeded at. For me, I took up competitive smash bros. I'm terrible at fighting games, and my mechanical skills and reaction time has always been trash in games, but I'm an information sponge so strategy and tactics were always my specialty. I started going to local tournaments with my friends, ran a casual tournament at a kavabar we all went to. At first, I was only concerned with little things like not getting 3 stocked, or getting the game to last stock. Then I focused on little mechanics and combos and scenarios using UA-cam, friends and training mode. In about a year I went from going 0-2 in both my losses without a win, to going 3-2 at my local tournament and making it all the way to top 4 at the casual I'd run with my friends. It took a very long time to even make those results, probably like 6 months before I got my first set win, but that's the point. It's not about success or winning, it's about improvement. I hope some of this helps you guys to an extent. Like I said, I'm not an expert, but this kind of stuff helped me out a lot. I hope you all do well in your classes, studies, exams, etc. And even if you don't, do not stress. The adult world is hard, with or without a college degree. We all grow at our own pace, there's not one strict time line you should be accomplishing things at. I stopped taking college classes because I knew I couldn't focus on it, and I also had no idea what major was I even going to go for. Despite that, I've been promoted to management at two different companies, I own my own place, and I'm doing well all things considered. Now that I have more of a focus on my career choice, I'm looking into going back to college again what kind of degree I would need for the job I want. You don't have to have everything figured out at 18. People don't even have everything figured out at 26, nor at 34, or 57, or 72. Life is hard, unpredictable, and constantly changing. As the video said, we are not perfect human beings and the only person we're disappointing by thinking that is ourselves. You're allowed to make mistakes, you're allowed to fail and do better next time. Stay safe, take care of yourselves, and if no ones told you this today, you are loved and I'm glad you've made it this far.
9:36 i love this quote. ignoring someone’s disabilities isn’t a good thing to do, despite how much it feels like it is. you need to acknowledge someone’s disability to accept it, and Sully did just that here. saying he’s not scary, but still expressing that he doesn’t NEED to be scary to be a fundamental part of the team. he doesn’t need to be able or “normal” to be useful.
I was incredibly happy when she said that most of the ''gifted kids'' are highly anxious and struggle with some things developed ultra-early by non ''gifted kids''. I feel safer now
@@MaxKarmaCat Small correction on an old comment. ADHD doesn't develop, those gifted kids already had ADHD and that's actually what caused them to be so great in the first place. If the find the subject matter interesting as a kid they can cling to it and appear as genies. The issue is as they get older and schoolwork gets harder it become impossible to memories without study. These kids with ADHD were never taught to study, and even once they are taught they often find it so boring they flunk out. Go from high achieves to bottom of the class within a few years without understanding why.
God this is relatable. I’m autistic and a “gifted child”, middle school and high-school destroyed me. I never even noticed how good this message was until now. I need to re-watch this movie now. Thank you for this.
Same. Nothing good about being "gifted" if you can't do anything with that "gift". Fucked me up pretty bad as a young Autistic man. I'm still trying to figure out that to do with my life after all that time wasted.
"You are disabled? Just fix yourself!" What a great message for kids. I think that the topic is just generally delicate and it is difficult to make a light hearted movie about it... which is why I think it shouldn't be done like this. Nobody needs to be fixed to get a "happy ending", we are all just people. Nobody can control how they are born or what happens to them. Nobody is cooler because they were born a certain way. Children are usually so open minded and ready to reach out if they are just shown how. So maybe they should make movies more... innocent, maybe? Less in-your-face kind off, like, "this one is broken and needs to be fixed" but rather "this one is different but it doesn't matter". When it is so easy to hold out your hand and take the person who might have it harder along instead of dragging them down further, why don't we teach kids just exactly that? Why does it have to be about fixing? Why not about acceptance and growth? ^ This is about Toy Story btw, not Monsters University, which I think was really good at conveying the message!
@@pepperonipete8928 Well, it is just a comparison that makes sense. Besides, it is more about the message. Children with bodily disabilities often feel as though they are "broken" or "defective", and a movie like this shows something defective being fixed so it can have a happy life like everyone else. You might think it's not that deep, but kids can be influenced so easily by things like this. Even if the defective toys weren't intended to represent disability by the creators of the movie, you can still interpret it that way. I am not trying to hate on Disney or anything, I just think that maybe it's time to put more thought into these kinds of things. Because obviously, nobody is made out to be everything. If you need glasses you can already kiss goodbye to a whole bunch of career options. Having a disability shouldn't be something that holds you back, but something that teaches you to consider everything possible. But in Toy Story, the only solution to being defective seems to be getting fixed. Which is just not a good message in general, if you know what I mean. Sorry for the long reply!
@@kaniyaru117 yeah i am able to understand how messed up i am and i hope that if i do indeed fail that i may guide others to a treasure that i cannot possess
"There's nothing beautiful about the realisation that your chosen career field or dream wasn't made to accomodate people like you". I got fired two months ago for the third time in 3 years because of my symptoms and have been stuck in a loop of self-blame and self-disgust. This helped a lot. Thank you.
I was going to go into the air force so i could eventually be an astronaut. they don’t send ppl with mental illness up tho. So now i’m going for aerospace engineering. Sometimes it’s still crushing but what can you do
I feel heard. I come from the perspective of Sully where I’m “the smart one” and I’m, grade wise, very gifted. However, it sucks. I can’t study for the life of me, which makes me worried that I’ll fail because I didn’t, but in the end I didn’t need to. And work ethic really doesn’t exists for me. I’m terrified for the future because of this. Let’s not even get started on the pressure to stay good! I’m glad my perspective has been seen and understood. Thank you, seriously, thank you!
I’m going to be honest with you. I’m basically you but a few years down the line but didn’t realise my issue until after I crashed. It may not seem worth it for now, but find ways to practice studying or, more specifically, ways to put the work in. Learn it now and sure, you may fail sometimes, but it’ll be the structure that lets your talent flourish and helps you pick yourself back up when you do fail. Better to set yourself up now since you realise what’s coming rather than have regrets down the line
Same. I'm the person who's so stressed out that she has some doctor's appointment atleast once a month due to stress symptons, which can include but are not limited to: a LOT of excemia, a LOOOT. barerly sleeping, living on the toilet for 4 years, etc etc.. So even if i'm naturally smart, i'm so naturally stressed about anything the most difficult thing for me is making homework. ):
as someone else who's also in the spectrum,another negative portray of our desabiltiy in media is when they show us as "geniuses";sure some of us have skills that are above the average and may seem awesome because we lack functioning in other basic areas,but a lot of us are not lke that(for example,me) and it just makes us feel even more challenged,as if we are not important if we don't excel as such.
I think that’s why I really liked Entrapta from SPOP. Yes, she was incredibly smart, but they also showed that she struggled a lot with connecting with people and socialising. And how she misses a lot of social cues. It’s probably the least pandering rep I’ve seen for autism, since they show the pros and cons of ASD, and they don’t make her this “special” character. She’s just a human being, trying to do the thing she loves. And I really appreciate that as an Aspie.
Another thing that people need to remember is that a lot of the time, these above average skills are thanks to the special interests of the child. If a kid is REALLY into the piano, and they invest every waking moment of free time into learning the piano, then they're going to be incredible at playing the piano. Nobody is born being able to play, they learn through effort.
@@jupitersnoot4915 TRUE. And I find I can't always control the hyperfixations or the special interests. So my grades are always really slanted one way or another. Instead of 4 Bs it'll be 2 As and 2 Cs, because I fixated on 2 of the classes and not the other ones.
I've thought about that too. With high-functioning autistic people being portrayed in media as top class doctors and scientists, it feels kind of like I'm not good enough, despite being classified as high-functioning myself (I am aware some don't want to use those types of labels anymore, but to be clear I'm using them now). I've made tons of mistakes, and all I want is to work with animals and write fantasy. I won't magically be great at it, I have to train as hard as anyone else. It just happens to be my special interests, making me _want_ to learn everything and remember it easier because I'm so interested. I just want to be seen as a human like any other. Capable, sometimes needs help, living and thinking, like you.
The problem with these kinds of representations is that they aren’t realistic. You’re telling a disabled child that they can be “fixed” - only, they can’t. A mute child is given hope that one day they will speak, which just leads to disappointment. Some disabilities can’t be treated, which is why we have to be taught to accept them instead of searching for a “cure”.
Pastel Crazes I think that’s the point of the movie. Mike might not be suited for scaring, but he’s good at other things. A mute musician may not be able to sing, but they can absolutely play an instrument. Same occupation, different role. Just like what Mike did.
In my opinion, the best representation of a disabled character is Toph from A:TLA. As someone who also struggles with the mixed bag of ASD, I really associated with her.
I’d add Sokka too since, in a way, he is disabled as he is not a bender like everyone else in the “GAang”. Both are born without abilities that they can never overcome - seeing or bending - and both are able to develop and be productive members of the team through their strengths
this is an amazing video! I always felt I loved this film a lot more than everyone else and I’ve never been able to put why into words until you uploaded this! keep up the good work :)
As a former gifted kid, it's so true. You're put on such a high pedestal from the start that it becomes so draining and scary. What makes it so shitty is that while everyone was praised for successes, small or big, you were EXPECTED to succeed. There was no reward for winning, you just got to stay on that pedestal. There was no 'oh you tried your hardest but got a C-...good job! You tried hard and passed!' It was always 'You better have gotten an A again.' And then if you began slipping, even a little bit, it was always YOU that was the problem. I remember getting grounded and things taken away from me because I went from an A to a B in one class and my mom thought I was the one who was slacking rather than thinking I needed help. I got punished for failing and now I'm afraid of failure. It was nice to see the gifted kid as being portrayed as having stress in the movie. It was also nice to see Sully grow confident in his abilities as a scarer. He's not a good scarer because he's 'a natural' but because he trained and I hope to be that confident one day.
I never thought that I could feel so identified with a comment until now. You put into words what I never understood ... now I can express it out loud, thank you very much ♡
Damn! I always thought I am the Mike in this movie until now but now I realize I was the Sulley. Yes, if you're a 'gifted child', it is really hard to convince yourself that you have to work for anything. It's hard to accept the fact that one day, things would stop being handed to you on a platter. Coming into contact with someone smarter than you or as smart as you automatically makes you feel insecure and look for some other flaw in their life that you can use to make yourself feel better.
At the beginning of the film, Mike walks up to a classmate. He thinks that classmate was his friend, but they just turned at him like "Who's this weirdo?" Without spilling my life story, I felt that.
*Fun fact* While Mike isn't scary per se, he could have used items to help him -makeup, masks, prothesis etc. HOWEVER, this also kinda fits: The university expected monsters to NATURALLY scare kids aka out of their own nature. Similar to how many insitution still don't have proper accommodations for disabled people. Everyone just told Mike "you're not scary". Not "Let's get you stuff so you scare better". Regarding that Mike was a determined student, he'd had been a truly fine worker if someone had helped him along.
And even then, he learned to be scary to the point where he both instigate fear in adults and is the coach of an renowned scarer, akin to how people with autism are actually good at body language reading because they have to work very hard to understand body language in the first place.
I think the problem is that most stories about disabled characters are made by able bodied people and they have this mindset that disability is ‘tragic’ and can’t imagine how it could be possible to have a good life unless you’re ‘normal’. It’s the same mindset that gives birth to ‘inspiration porn’ where able bodied people feel encouraged by hearing that a ‘poor heroic disabled person achieved this thing (anything from climbing a mountain or completing a marathon, to just doing something that able bodied people do all the time) so that proves that anyone can achieve anything and none of us have any right to ever feel sad again’! I was brought up on stories of people who ‘overcame their disabilities’, etc and, honestly, it was so toxic for me as a person with multiple undiagnosed disabilities/conditions. I still struggle with breaking the thought processes that this brainwashed into me but which cause me more harm than the actual conditions themselves. More than half the symptoms and issues I experience are from trying to ‘overcome’ my disability rather than accepting it and changing my expectations of myself accordingly.
Same here but i was lucky to have "college is gonna be hard as shit and this aint gonna cut it" drilled into me in highschool. It was little over exagerated but it got me in the right headspace.
Maybe you burned out, or maybe you never really cared, it was just easy so you got those grades. You can't put the same energy into more challenging things, you've got to try harder, be more productive, you can still get those As sure maybe not straught As and A*s but certainly higher than what you're getting. You just have to want it a lot more. I know it's sad but what keeps me succeeding as the lazy bastard I am, is the fact it crushes me when Im barely passing or what not, so when grades come in and it's Cs and Bs I work harder cos it hits me.
My favorite part was when the strict teacher did an on the spot exam for sully and he did his usual roar, but he didn't listen to the prompt so she failed him on the spot for using the wrong scare method. Really fits the theme of a gifted child failing the moment he steps foot into college.
I like to relate disability to Sandy the squirrel. She is a perfectly functioning squirrel, but without her scuba suit she'll die because the society she lives in is not built for her. I don't like to think of my ADHD as a disability, I just don't function the way the society I live in was built so I need a scuba suit.
Yeeeeees!!! I have ADHD as well and it is a disability (though it’s downplayed by others bc it’s “not as bad” but it still impacts our daily living) and that’s okay! 💗💗💗
It was surprising that Monsters University didn't use the "you can do everything if you really want it" message that is in many movies, instead it made a "In some cases life has other ways for you, and you can be successful on these ways too" message. It takes a more realistic approach in the sense of even if you can't do the thing you originally wanted there are enough other ways that can make you as happy and successfull.
I almost cried when you were talking about realizing that certain career fields aren’t accommodated for you… as someone with Tourette’s, there are so many careers I probably will never be able to do. I can’t be a surgeon, I can’t fly a plane, I can’t do anything to do with precision, and most places aren’t and will never be accommodated to me… it always hits me like a truck, realizing, “oh. Even if I wanted to do that, I can’t.” I’m not allowed to learn how to drive yet, all because they don’t think I can. Even worse, there’s not an actual way to fix this. I just, won’t do those careers. I’ll eventually learn how to drive. But nothing is made for people like me.
One of my all-time favourite depictions of disability is the anime, “Interviews with Monster Girls” or “Demi-chan wa Kataritai”. It takes place in a world that is pretty much identical to ours except there are people called “demi-humans” who have the traits of certain humanoid monsters from folklore (ie. vampires, dullahans, succubi, etc.). The show follows a high school science teacher as he wants to learn about demi-humans, but not only are they rare, they are also usually very reclusive. He is then surprised to find that three new students and one new teacher are all demi-humans (a vampire, a dullahan, a snow woman and a succubus respectively) and are all going to the school he works at, so with their permission he goes about interviewing them. What’s cool is that the show frames the traits of these demi-humans as disabilities. Vampires sunburn easily and basically have iron deficiency, snow women really can’t handle extreme heat, dullahans literally have to carry their heads around with them and succubi run the risk of sexually arousing anyone they come into contact with. It sounds like it could get really trashy, but I swear it doesn’t. It confronts all of these head on and looks at the ramifications of these traits and how each girl copes with life and their insecurities and fears about the whole thing. It’s a really well-crafted allegory and also just a really well-written anime, as all of the characters are distinct and likeable. It’s done a lot to help me think about what I want to do as a future teacher and as a person with a minor learning disability and very likely some majorly undiagnosed stuff going on too.
@@goofygoober695 I’m pretty sure you can watch it for free (with adds) on Crunchyroll, unless you already have Crunchyroll Premium, in which case no adds and 1080p. Other than that there are probably a couple quasi-legal sites where you can find it (not that I necessarily endorse that, but people do what they do).
It really is, it portrays all this supernatural stuff not like mythical power, but more grounded thing, even though it's still mysterious. The way they relate to problems it creates for them, the way they deal with it is mundane yet understandable.
I never read Mike's situation like that. I was more focused on the whole college isn't for everyone or isn't the only means to success, but I think this makes his struggles and the ultimate outcome much more meaningful. I'm also autism spectrum and hearing a bit about your experience really hit home for me. As nice as it is to offer more positive representation for autistic people, I also think it's important to emphasize some of the challenges and difficulties autistic people can deal with and then say it's okay to not feel comfortable with large crowds or loud sounds for example. Thank you so much for another great video.
its definitely telling of your own life experiences when you don't catch these kinda allegories. Like I'm pretty race blind so most of those messages in movies go over my head. this video just made me realise how many characters and stories are coded with disabilities i never caught.
I'm slightly mentally handicapped as well. But you wouldn't even notice if you saw me. That being said, I've done fairly well in school and college. But have struggled immensely in algebra, economics, and convoluted and advanced vocabulary. I do excel in history, geometry, and crime topics though.
Also remember at the end of monsters inc, when they find out making kids laugh makes more energy Mike becomes the top monster, ultimately proving the system was wrong and mike was right
I remember when I first saw this in theaters when I was younger. Although the movie was just mildly decent and forgettable, the ending stuck in my memory for the rest of my life. Because no other kid's movie that I had ever watched let the main characters *fail* at their big dream - much less manage to still put a hopeful spin on it. It's something special I've carried in my head since then.
its because this is the one movie thats says maybe being yourself isnt enough at a time when every movie said to be yourself thats why this is memorable and kinda better
@@feliperoa5821 that "just being yourself" isn't enough to achieve your dreams. you won't always get what you want by just being yourself, and that's okay. it's life, but instead of wallowing in self pity or giving up, you reroute and pursue something else that better suits who you are. "maybe being yourself isn't enough" doesn't mean that who are isn't worthy of respect, support, and acceptance in this context.
It’s a Pixar thing they call “Rolling Stones” ending, referencing a song of theirs that says “you can’t always get what you want”. The characters tend to fail at what they’re trying to do: Mike and Sulley don’t save the scare industry, Lightning McQueen doesn’t win the Piston Cup, Carl Fredricksen never makes it to Paradise Falls and Miguel Rivera’s idol is a jerk. And yet they’re still happy.
I really feel a connection with Sullys character. I grew up “gifted” and “talented.” I have an above average iq and an ability to quickly process and understand information. But that meant I never learned how to study, how to work consistently, and how to deal with failure. I would work till 3am, sobbing over some geometry homework I just couldn’t figure out. I’d spend three times as long studying for a test than my friends because I didn’t know how to study efficiently. And I did it all in secret. I was scared that if people found out I wasn’t as smart, as confident or as “gifted” as they thought that I was a failure. Now I have lasting anxiety and negative associations with many events in my life because of it. Also, kids are awful. They poke and prod at you and nit pick everything about you. So every little mistake was brought to my attention. Anyways, I’m rambling. Stay safe reader ❤️ Edit: spelling
Absolutely relatable. When I was younger, they took the “academically and intellectually gifted” to their own “class” twice a week to make paper airplanes and marshmallow forts (me being one of them). The only thing it taught me was that the education system relishes in the reinforcement of social hierarchy’s related to the students perception of their own and others academic talent. It’s sickening. Hope you’re having a nice day!
Ever since the COVID pandemic, I turned from a smart kid to a teenage burnout. It made me sad thinking about 'instead of being better because I'm growing, I became worse.' I was pretty open with the fact that I lost my talents to my family, friends and even classmates I didn't interact with very much. Being open with my feelings made me feel better now. I don't feel inhibited, I now feel free.
Its all about avoiding figuring out information at the half way and starting by the very basics of the topic instead, thats how everybody else do it. Not forcing you to suddenly decode unknow info just by over-analizying it along one n half hour.
Holy frick that's me. Everyone always had high expectations of me in school because I was born with an above average I.Q, ability to quickly process and understand information and all that stuff, but in the end I don't know how I actually graduated in high school since I was always lazy and only caring about playing videogames and get any job that's not a normal one like law and medical stuff. Now I'm 19, unemployed, still poor like when I was a kid and wanting recognition for my intellectual competency which I do get but never feeling like it's enough.
I initially didn't read it as a metaphor for disability, but I loved how it didn't end with the perfect wrap up. Mike had to find a different way to reach a goal similar to his original one. It's something realistic many of us do. On a side note, I personally never liked the term "neurodivergent". I feel like it sugar coats my struggle, not that I bar others from using it.
i still think its a good blanket term and i like to use it for myself personally, mostly because i lived my entire life KNOWING i was different from everyone else but not knowing WHY. i think its a fine identity and i dont think it sugar coats anything, i kinda see it as saying “someone with brown hair is a brunette,” yknow? i think it just is what it is, with a different way to say it that isnt as complex and hard to say in a conversation. you ARE different if youre neutodivergent, and thats all that its saying, i think
@@tmlawson751 autistic is what you personally are, I think neurodivergent is meant to be the catch-all term for people with any number of conditions (mental health disorders, learning disorders, autism spectrum, etc). I like the term because it allows people to say "neurotypical"/"neurodivergent" instead of something less affirming like "normal"/"not normal"
I've been using neuroatypical for myself, and I never considered that it might be bad to say I'm abnormal. My entire childhood and most of my previous adult life I was forced to attempt to perform by normal standards, and that always reflected poorly on me. Calling myself not normal without being apologetic about it, is kind of my way to rebel against the notion that I have to be normal, I guess.
This video made me cry. I realized I'm a Sullivan. I grew up never studying, and getting good grades. This past year, I graduated from high school without cracking open a textbook once. And now that it's time for college, I'm... not ready. I'm not okay. I sit there seeing other people do assignments that are thrown at them, and I know I would have a mental breakdown with that amount of work. I've been beating myself up over this for months. I called myself a failure for taking a gap year, and then even more so for deciding not to go to college. But something this video helped me realize, is that even with my ADHD and Anxiety, I can still do things. I can find a way. I don't need to go to college to be successful. Will I have to work hard? Hell yes. Will it be easier than college? For me, yes. I realized that college was the hard part. It's the grades and the assignments, and the professors. I can do fine work when I'm not rushed and graded. I can do this. I can become a Computer Programmer without some fancy paper. Thank you for helping me realize this. Thank you for taking the time to make this video, and thank you for making me cry over it. I will always come back to this when I need to remember that I am not a failure for taking alternative routes.
I relate to this to a T ...all I can tell you is that we can re-learn those skills everyone gets into college with... Took me about 3 years to even begin to make progress.. but it's doable.. the combo of ADHD and anxiety are truly a bitch ;-;
I grew up like Mike sadly I just got into college but barely I barely passed because off my mental disorder but it's decent I guess it sucks and sometimes it bothers me but I'm glad that I got into college
this comment hits so close to home. For the past year I've been trying to figure out if i can go to college when atm I can't even bring myself to learn how to drive... My mom wants me to, bless her, but I genuinely don't think I can handle everything if i go. I have gotten college levels on my SATs already. But I don't think I can handle actual college, because of how it's structured, even online.. I'll break. I'm 90% sure it would be a waste of money and time but there's that nagging that I should go anyways.
@@squishish that's exactly how I felt and I have really severe adhd I promise u that u will be able to do it but u gotta trust urself and use alarms to help u also I'm behind on modt off my college work but I'm glad I'm at college and although it's really tough in college it's still worth the try I'm sure u can do it but don't give up 🤍
@@ayla2316 I just don't think I can, or should. Luckily I'm going into a field where degrees aren't important, as much as your portfolio of work, so that's comforting. I'm just struggling to live at this point and I don't think I should add college onto that. :( Even though I'd like to learn more about what I want to do... I just don't think it's safe for me. Thank you though.
Fellow autistic here and you've hit the nail right on the head. At school I was bullied relentlessly due to my lack of social skills and my logical thinking; why muck around and disrupt everyone elses lessons at school when it was important to pass? I got top scores and dreamed of being a teacher. Went to college and passed all the paperwork with ease and was great at working one on one or in a small group but a room full of kids? Couldn't do it. Tried so hard to keep it together and not get overwhelmed by noise and other stuff going on but couldn't. Finished my course and ended up in hospital for surgery and over the years I've become physically disabled as well. However, I may not have the career I dreamed of, but I achieved everything I have that I didn't know I needed. I have my own house, married, worked until I became too sick and now technically work using my autism superpower with music so while I may not have got what I wanted, I've ended up with what I needed and this movie could be telling that story. Do I regret not being a teacher? Sometimes. Would I change what I have now? Not for anything. 😀
I had an English teacher in high school who proposed that we start grading the span of an individual's improvement rather than just how high a score you can initially get on a test/ability to memorize information/etc. Then the school system wouldn't be so focused on students who get straight As because they are are potentially just "gifted" or "naturally skilled/talented" at something. Those kids would have to work hard to constantly improve their skills, too. Not sure how this would work in practice, but I think it sounds like a good idea at first glance.
It is a good idea, but there is a downside to it. The kids who barely work hard or don’t care about their work will take advantage of this benefit and then get into a highly educated university for extremely smart students. Then, all those people will drop out because of the difficulty of the course. Additionally, this method will not motivate and stress the other students for them to become what they want to be in the future. It will potentially ruin the society, in that case.
omgsicle yeah, but on the other hand on hiring for a job it would be better to see how good you are rather than if you are approving or not. Plus people who make A’s constantly would have horrible grades no matter how much they try. I disagree with the it rewords the lazy though because they would still have to get better and better rather than making the same bad grades. This sounds great in theory, but I don’t think it would work out much too much in real life.
JRBE the problem in here is that she said anything that’s related to your academic activities, not physical. If you have like asthma or broken legs, that’s reasonable, but for a person that slacks off or not a good reason to not do it, then there shall be no excuses in that case, whether if you’re fat or depressed, something like that.
I’ve been told that “Autism is a Talent”. That’s a bunch of bullshit. I considered it a burden, because it impaired most of my skills and made things 25 times harder. So that’s why most “disabled” characters grind my gears. I feel NO relation or sympathy in any sort of way. EDIT: I had no idea this would happen, thank you everyone for sharing their opinions about such matters.
"haha you sound so smart... I bet you work 25h a day to learn all that"... No.. my attention span is fucked.. I'm either too focused or unable to for days..
"you're so funny! i wish i was spontaneous like that" adhd makes words fall out of my mouth when I think they're halfway acceptable. If they're not I hold them in my head and they bounce around and I lose all track of our conversation until I think of a good response and an opening for it. Half of my jokes are just my honest thoughts or my brain pulling funny things out of a string of collided and unorganized thoughts that just fall out at any opportune time, presented as a joke. It's not a superpower, I wish I could shut the fuck up sometimes. Having social anxiety and constantly having to fill in conversations so they don't end because I literally can't fucking shut up is so exhausting. dk why i wrote this, thanks for reading. Anyone who reads this: You are valid, and if you struggle with being seen as "special" or "exceptional" when you're actually severely struggling or uncomfortable, I understand and I love you. We got this.
Funny thing, I've actually experienced both sides of this! I'm blind, but I was still considered a gifted student in elementary school back then assignments were easy and Braille wasn't that much harder but as I got older I moved into high school and the modern age advance technology and a lot of things suddenly made everything more difficult, it became a lot harder to be gifted, it became a lot harder to keep up with my school work to not fail, and it became a lot harder to exist in the system as a blind person when the world has stopped caring about blind people so I've been the gifted student who stopped being gifted and became anxious and I've been the disabled person who has to struggle against the system and fight to make their place in the world
@@samantha2254 oh there's actually a blind surfer on YT named Pete and he wasn't born blind so he basically trained himself for when he would and he memorized keyboard placement and stuff. Plus I remember a friend of my dad's who had a computer that would announce what letters were pressed. And I think you could put braille on a keyboard too
I remember being care-free about my academics and still getting into the top 10 (or even top 5 or 3) of my batch when I was elementary. Then I went to a prestigious science high school where everyone is among the top of their schools too. Surprise surprise I feel so below-average now, anxious, and grades falling like how tears run down my cheeks :,)
This film gave me unrealistic expectations of college when I was younger. I thought there would be these big cliques, campus drama, and big ass classrooms with huge diversity. Now I realize everyone just wants to be left alone.
@@ShaunDreclin I was 12 when this movie came out, prime target audience for a kid's movie. Now I'm 19 and have friends my age who have already moved out and gotten stable jobs. Time flies.
i never even thought of sully as the gifted kid, but yeah, that's me. i got great grades without studying and, turns out, it's cuz i have adhd and was just good at compartmentalizing. I do not know how to study. I never learned how to research well. I have a really really hard time sustaining effort over a long period of time (a necessary life skill) because i never had to. It's debilitating. But i show up everyday and get good grades and watch my friends struggle because they're wired differently and it hurts because i don't deserve to be top of my class, i don't put in the time or effort when they do. school is such a flawed way to give people value. my best friends struggle because they aren't neurotypical and the school system marks them as flawed, but i would be dead without them. your disability is your set of tools with which to face the world. there are people who will love you because of your special interests and who will be accomodating for your needs because they love you. you can't fix a leaky faucet with a flamethrower, but you can make some kickass smores. i hope this made sense. great video. Edit: thanks for all of your replies to this. It's awesome to know I'm not alone. If you related to this, i would recommend getting a psychiatrist and looking into adhd or something like that as a diagnosis, or at least paying attention to your mental health and how it affects your study habits. It's really liberating to be able to put a name to those feelings and take steps to address them. I wish you all the best, stay safe💕
dang I was worried the only one who got good grades without trying, but can’t study or research well at all. Should I be worried I have adhd or something else??
@@reagan5189 if you have a therapist, it's a good thing to look into. there are other disorders that overlap with the symptoms of adhd and there are other causes, but i'd definitely recommend looking into getting tested. look at the dsm-5's symptom list and see if you meet the criteria. it could also just be that you need to practice studying, lol good luck to you
my ADD didn't even give me the benefit of good grades. to some extent I was kinda lucky on some stuff, but for the most part, I was just a bad student. and that's because being a "student" in the context of a school setting is different than being someone who learns a lot from life and living. I can't do research. I can't study. I never once remembered the proper formatting for an academic paper without having to research what to do with my research, which I already found nearly impossible. rote memorization is my worst enemy. but since exiting school, I've basically built my life so that I won't have to struggle so much with those things. and one of the most baffling parts about school to me was the idea that you have to cultivate _every single skill_ totally independently. I couldn't ask the person next to me for help during a test, but why not? logically, I understand that the teacher was trying to figure out what I alone had in my own head. but if I didn't have enough in there, the punishment had such a devastating effect as it radiated through the rest of my life at the time... and my parents weren't even bad. they were just appropriately concerned about why their kid wasn't absorbing the information they needed. but for all my teachers' attempts to figure out what I really knew, independent of any outside factors... I'd end up cheating anyway. when you're that scared of the consequences, you find whatever solution works. and in that sense, it didn't matter _how_ the right answers ended up on the paper, as long as enough of them did. finding ways to convincingly fake it... that was what I mainly learned. that was my own personal priority, and now, none of it matters at all. things feel better these days, but man... I will never forget how bad things could feel back then. failure was never what really hurt me. it was the thought of letting other people down, or making them angry. the idea that they'd think I was dismissing them because I just didn't care enough to pay attention. I worried that they'd feel like they were wasting their time on me, and I couldn't tell if I was more afraid that they'd cast me aside, or keep trying to drill things into my head. continuing to try felt awful. giving up felt awful. there was nothing to do about it but get older. and once I was old enough to get away from it all, I had no desire to look back on the academic part of my schooling.
blinkfilms1 I don’t have a therapist as of now, (past experiences weren’t that great) but once this whole quarantine thing is over, I do want to look into it. Thank you for the help, hope you are doing well.
Oh my God, this is EXACTLY how I was like in school. And then university happened, and I had to research and find information on my own, and I felt completely out of my depth. Also your phrase about the flamethrower is perfect, thank you for sharing that.
I remember seeing this in the theatres and crying at the scene by the lake, I related to Mike so much. I put so much effort into my medical school applications and didn’t make it but saw so many of my peers sail into my dream when I had spent upwards of 15 hours a day preparing for exams. The film helped me contend with the idea that it might be okay to work in a parallel occupation, that I could still work in health and be an asset wherever I went as I struggled with my illness. Eventually I made it in on my 4th application, I am a doctor now. This year I was forced to take leave because of the same illness that held me back originally so I am currently faced with the reality I may not be able to work in clinical medicine anymore. I recently finished a master of public health and your video has helped me remember I’ll be okay no matter where I work. I am not my ‘defect’, I am a worthy human being no matter what.
I saw this movie after I was rejected from the collage I wanted to go for like forever. Man, I was depressed. For the first time in my life I didn't have a plan, I didn't know what to do. And the then this movie happened and I'm forever thankful for its existence. It showed me that there are many paths to the same goal and it's ok to suck sometimes. It's actually the first kids movie showing that 'if you try hard enough you will get it' is a bullshit, because sometimes there are factors you can't control. You can't be an pilot with colourblindness but you can still build planes.
My disability is physical. It's hard for me to walk, and it's even harder for me to keep my body from breaking down because it's too frail to handle the amount of workload one is required to complete, and sometimes, even day to day activities. I try to pretend that I am integrated into the rest of the society, but at the same time I know that I just -can't- do some things most people normally do. I can't go out and socialize with people ""properly"", because again, this is hard and painful. If not for the Internet giving me an alternative to reach out, I wouldn't have even lasted this long. It doesn't make me "unique", it doesn't make me "special", it doesn't make me "differently abled" (powers I HATE this expression). It simply makes my life much, much harder. I always drove myself to the brink of exhaustion just to hold up that straight A grade back in school, and I'm still driving myself right now, in the university, just to not get buried under the pile of assignments and expectations and at the same time do them "well enough" to get a grade that would be able to, in my mind, to help make my future less shit than it's settled to be. It's hard, painfully hard to play catch up with the healthy kids and try to do the amount of work and THEN some while operating with a huge set of drawbacks, but I'm terrified of being exiled back to my small hometown and locked at home. I feel like I have to work 300% as hard, because giving up would be worse than death. I want to hope that someday I will find my place in the world, but as years go by, I just get more scared. ...Then I shove that thought into the farthest reaches of my mind and set off for another all-nighter because a small pile of homework is due soon. An eternal cycle.
I admire you, I can only dream of having the same drive and strength. You are wonderful, and your efforts don't go unnoticed. You are the kind that inspires others to never give up, and this is a power only few possess.
I never had the energy to go through with all my schoolwork. I just fell behind and I’m still wayyyyy behind now. I can’t make myself do anything anymore, it seems.
I took half a adderall pill and OMG, so focused, working on assignments felt like a breeze, super calm, acted very nice, not addicted or anything. Usually I’d take all day to read the chapters and do the assignment, was not bad at all
Oh ya usually my motto is “I’ve always had to work harder than everyone else” to lift me up so I could work 10am to 11pm, Jesus I wish there was a manual to get through all this
I haven't seen Monsters U since it came out in theaters, but from the clips you've shown, it seems like Sully has ADHD. He comes to school on his first day unprepared and this is viewed as him not caring about school (even though later scenes seem to contradict that). He did super well in high school and before and was a 'gifted' student, but struggles in college now. He feels a pressure to meet the expectations set by others (including his family), and feels like these expectations are impossible, but feels an almost life or death need to meet them lest he be exposed as the imposter he feels like he is. Like. I didn't pick up on any of this as a child because I was 1) a child and 2) hadn't been diagnosed with ADHD yet, but Sully's story feels like a carbon copy of mine. Down to forgetting to bring a pencil to class. I felt so much shame that I had to ask to borrow one because I was a Good Student and Good Students didn't just NOT bring a pencil to class. Only Bad Students do that. I think Sully ALSO being disabled, but in a way less visible way adds an extra dimension to the story. Not only does Mike find a way to do what he loves while also working with his disability, but Sully learns that asking for help doesn't make him weak or lesser than other (ie. neurotypical) monsters. I think it's especially powerful because ADHDers have a uniquely difficult time asking for help. The shame makes our struggles something that we feel like we need to hide for fear that other people will make fun of us and look down on us. Having a story with an ADHD character where they ask for help and everyone goes "well yeah! You can't do EVERYTHING by yourself" is so heartwarming. I need to watch this movie again. I only saw it once.
When you talked about "gifted kids" it really hit home for me. I used to be considered a gifted kid and was always on top of my classes but as I've gotten older I get burned out more easily and feel like my life is slipping so fast away from me. I feel like I'm not doing everything I can be, even if I've done all I can. If I don't succeed in something, I feel like I'm an imposter and can't do anything right. I just don't know how to be satisfied with myself. I feel like I've grown a lot from that though, and have gotten better at managing my expectations and practicing self care. Wonderful video, by the way! Very fascinating!
Movies that just say "you can do anything you set you're mind to!" and other forcefully positive messages--not only are these naive; ironically, they're actually more depressing. You CAN'T do anything you set your mind to, so in the long run thinking that way is only setting you up for heartache. You can find happiness, but it might not be the way you planned or expected. Getting the hang of how to be flexible while still pursuing your dreams is an essential life skill. I don't know why we act like kids are too young to learn these things. How is learning a lie better?
I agree because then kids who have that mind set and keep failing will probably think like everyone else says just set your mind to it and they succeed so why am i still failing and it will probably make them fell lesser than other people right
I agree but i also disagree. You can do anything you set your mind if 1. You put the effort in too be capable of doing it and 2. It’s not too Ludacris of an idea. Of course someone with a hunched back wont be able too become a pilot, their are just too many obstacles in your path, but that doesn’t mean there is another goal that you can do if you set your mind too it and put the effort in for it.
DrippedDrop you said it yourself: there ARE things that, no matter how hard you try, you will never achieve. Once you have given it all, I think it’s just to give up and focus on something else. It does not mean you didn’t try hard enough, it just means you were not fit and that’s okay.
Coming back to this a year later after receiving an ADHD diagnosis (and beginning the autism diagnosis process), and I just wanted to say thank you for making this video. It is beautifully explained and completely shifted how I see Monsters University. I never really understood the message when I watched the movie as a kid, but now it stands out to me as being one of the most meaningful that I’ve ever seen in a Disney film.
I remember dismissing this film so many times as a kid because of how I thought of how it went against the line "You've been jealous of my good looks since the first grade pal", that and seeing a deleted scene of them meeting when they were young. But after seeing it a few times I managed to see why it was even made, to heighten the conflict of the first film, the conflict of walking away from everything you've worked for. Mike wants to get rid of Boo so quickly because he's afraid that everything he and Sully worked for will be taken away from them.
I couldn't help but relate to Mike even harder after seeing this film. I used to hate Mike in the first movie but it just works with this film as a companion
I thought it was 4th Grade. But I'm not American, I don't know school terms to ages. Also at the start of the PS1 game Mike's freaking out briefly and Sully goes "Remember what happened on our first day of college?" "Oh, don't remind me!" Uhh....!
Mike doesn't get much atention in the first film, since it's Sully's movie, but watching it after watching University adds a lot to it! You understand his motives better and the ending, that before was just a gag, becomes extremely satisfactory.
When I I was in Elementary, middle and high school I thought I was a gifted kid, my mom always bragged about it (though she never praised me, in fact she'd always put me down, idk why). During my childhood I had really hardcore depression develop, but since I never acted anxious (in fact I'm one of the most naturally relaxed people I know) I was perceived as normal. I was used to the work load, I was a bit of a teacher's pet, but I grew kind of dead inside. I was really repressed, and my anger would explode out of me, and even though I was great socially and in school, I always had a lot of self hate, but the repression never made me share that. I always acted super over confident, so my whole family, and most of my friends thought I had above average self-esteem. Then I went to college, and the work load changed, and my depression got worse. I started failing, and I refused to put in the work because I felt like I shouldn't have to. In some weird way I thought if I tried and failed it would speak worse of me then if I didn't try at all. During this time I had multiple suicide attempts, I also come from a really poor family so I felt a lot of pressure not to screw up my chance at college. After each failed test, or essay, or class, my grades would drop again as I grew more depressed. It was a vicious cycle. After a lot of therapy, and finding the right medication, I decided to take time off of school, and come back after working more. I figured it would help me learn more responsibility, and would help with my confidence, and not to mention save money. Turns out this was the right move, when I came back to school I was in way better condition. Anyway when I saw this movie in theaters I was just starting to fall into the depth of my depression, and I remember loving this movie and connecting with sully in a way I hadn't in the first. And to be honest the idea that even if you fail there is still a chance you can succeed in a different way, that college isn't the only way to success was really comforting to me. And if you're going through a similar time, know there are more options than you feel you have, and people who are capable of understanding and helping you.
I find myself relating to so many aspects of your story. I'm still not through my journey though. I just started university and I've noticed started relapsing into how I used to be back when I was living with my parents: unmotivated, emotionally numb, with time loosing all meaning. Luckily I've had one or two years of therapy in highschool and I now have friends so I can recognize this as not normal and not ok and something I should work on. I find videos and comments like this so important to me as they helps break that emotional monotony, it helps me feel something, it allows me to put my experiences into perspective, and it helps me recognize that some of the things I experience and feel are not something I should just "deal with" and accept. Seeing and hearing of the experiences of other gifted or autistic people is particularly helpful. Things are not great but I think I'm inproving.
Thank you for sharing, I couldn't agree more with the whole grade and motivation predicament. Whenever I tried to get back up this semester, a midterm would pop up around the corner and smack me back down. Whenever it came to homework or even emailing my teachers about how I've been struggling I needed to get it done right instead of on time, but I eventually got overwhelmed to the point where I couldn't sleep until I felt numb and I ran out of time regardless.
I feel like My Hero Academia had the potential to go down the same path if they'd allowed Midoriya to remain quirkless. When I first started the series I didn't know he would be handed super powers by his idol and I imagined him making a career alongside the heroes by using his analytical abilities. When the concept of the Support Department was introduced I remember thinking "Damn, if Midoriya was still quirkless that's where he would be. And he would do amazing things."
A lot of the fandom agrees with you, and there are so so many fics, AUs and other content about it. Search the tag "Izuku Midoriya does not have a quirk" on ao3
One thing I wish they do in MHA is abolish the "Hero Ranking" system that their society has. Because imagine having an amazing superpower and using it to help others to the best of your ability only for some other dude to take the #1 spot all because he has a nice smile (I'm not referring to All Might when I bring up "nice smile", I was using a random example). Endeavor became a bad husband and father all because he wanted to be #1. So of there was no ranking system, then some characters might've turned out better.
It always surprised me how so many people saw this film as a dumb '90s college movie. Don't get me wrong, it absolutely is... but the allegory of disability was always so obvious to me, I couldn't understand how most people didn't see it. The first time I saw this movie, I vividly remember feeling bad for the slug character and thinking of accommodations he could have received. Of course my hypersensitive ass projected real character and struggle onto a throwaway gag, and of course that stuck with me for a long time, LMAO. Thanks for the video essay, Rab!! Hope you're enjoying quarantine 🥴
>"of course my hypersensitive ass projected real character and struggle onto a throwaway gag, and of course that stuck with me for a long time" shit man I'm gonna cry, I thought I was the only one who did that.
You should Google what allegory means... That movie is not very good. If you see a unicorn in the tea leaves, good for you. Still not allegory still poorly made.
@@AnHeC Buddy, a movie doesn't have to be _good_ to be good, and it really fucking sucks that we have to settle for B- movies or less for the representation we crave, but it's what we have to do. Until people realize that there _are_ people out there who want to see the disabled one fail in their dreams, or whatever situation is in the badly written movie, it's going to continue to just be "well guess that movie flopped, not going to write that plot again."
i have a disability and whenever movies go with the “cure” narrative or “beautiful” narrative it actually hurts because there’s so many disabilities that can’t be magically cured, there’s so many kids with disabilities that they will have for their entire life. how seeing a character gets rid of their disability will help me and other disabled kids if that’s not what actually happen, if we can’t “cure” our disability or even in some parts make it “weaker”? and the beautiful - i understand loving yourself and accepting yourself, but disabilities are not “wings under our skin” which turn out to be beautiful (and also “cure” us in some ways”, it’s real tough struggles that aren’t beautiful and anyone with disabilities can say it. i think the best disability we could have is like toph in atla - her disability doesn’t get cured and isn’t portrayed as something beautiful, but it is gives her pros in some ways (her being able to be an extra good earth bender) and cons, some of which are very simple to the other characters. but not once is she portrayed as someone who is weak nor someone who needs to be cured.
As a disabled person on my eyes felt so so seen (ha ha) by Toph! In general ALTA writer knew very well how to write disabilities like for example the minor character Theo and his flying chair. I am curious what do you think about Nemo and his fish mentor Gill. Are they a good representation?
@@hassanalkhalaf1115 I only have experience with an "invisible disability" (autism), but I felt that Nemo was good representation, in the sense that I feel this constant need to prove that "I can do it." And sometimes it leads me to make reckless decisions, like Nemo. You can see in the movie that he's not just being rebellious; he feels like his Dad doesn't believe in him and he wants to prove himself, so he acts out by swimming out to sea. When I was reckless as a teenager it was always for that reason. I wanted to prove to myself that I was capable.
Toph is the joy of being accommodated, not being fixed and I love it. Just like how Mike's story is about keeping going with the support of others even after you've failed.
As someone who is Wheelchair bound most of the time (I can walk short distances,) and suffer from many invisible disabilities? This. ALL OF THIS. My shit can't be cured, and I'm sick of movies going "oh, if you just TRY HARD ENOUGH it'll be okay!" Look, If I _try hard enough_ to climb that flight of stairs, I'm going to the hospital. Stop telling me to "try harder." My knee muscles are not going to magically grow back, and it gives a lot of kids AND adults, false hope. Rather than push the narrative of "try harder," I wish they'd go with "Try something else." Sure, I can't climb stairs, but I can draw way better than anyone else in my house! I know those two don't correlate, but I have something else that others don't, and that's what important. I really like the message this creator pushes. It's really good, and i wish more films would follow the narrative.
I have a physical disability myself. I’m wheelchair bound because I was born 28 weeks before I was supposed to. Cerebral palsy. I really felt this video. I’ve failed in my separate dreams several times, and people constantly pity me and think I can’t do anything on my own. I understand, thank you. Thank you so much.
Being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult really showed me why I loved this movie as a kid, so much so that I saw it 3 times in theaters. Mike wanting to be like everybody else and fit in but not understanding why he can't just be like everybody else resonated with me, I just didn't understand it yet. His monologue leading into the final act of the film broke my heart then and now
I was wondering if you were gonna get to the slug guy who was "too slow" to make it to class on time as a clear example of a lack of accommodation, and how it was essentially played for laughs. I know it was a joke, but I remember feeling so bad for the guy.
It's important to not take everything in the movie as a disability allegory. The joke is that the monster was a slug. Slugs are slow no matter what. Therefore, if a slug went to school, he would get to class late. It's not meant to be an allegory, just an animal joke.
I highly doubt that was meant to be a disability allegory. And if it was, let's look at it at it in a real life situation. I say somebody was truly physically too slow to make it to their class. Now this might be a rare situation for our school to deal with let alone accommodate four. So this might not be something at the top of their priority to take into consideration. Now the only sudden happened to get a student there with the same condition, again if they don't understand that student as a condition they can't really accommodate for it. And I think at that point it will be a little bit up to the students or the parent assuming this wasn't a college like Monsters University, to make that no and announced. Now it's afterwards they still refuse to help you or take her condition into consideration they may be asked for that, but I would argue they're technically not obligated to accommodate you for your situation. This is a weird situation they probably would have never expected to deal with. If you know yourself this is going to be a issue, it's up to you to accommodate your stuff. Again assuming this was a disability allegory and looking at it with a real-life perspective on disabilities. And before anybody tries to say that I'm a jackass for saying the disable should be accountable for themselves, first of all looking at the situation of whether or not they've ever dealt with this in the first place. If they don't know how can they help you. Third of all, I'm speaking as one with a disability. As someone who's on the autistic Spectrum, if somebody doesn't understand my disability and my situation I don't ever fucking expect them to accommodate for me because they don't know what it is or how to accommodate for it. So it would be unfair for me to expect them to do so. They don't understand that they don't understand how to go about accommodating it even if they didn't want to. So it shouldn't ever be expected in my opinion. For somebody who has autism, I don't expect everybody and they mama to know about it. Unless they dealt with it themselves whether they have it or somebody they know and love has it, they're most likely not going to be seeking That information in the first place. and if they don't have the proper information to understand how can they ever accommodate. Especially if I the students who has this situation at school did not make it very clear to the school. Now if they have no situation to where they can't help me Oh, then I have to accommodate myself. and if I knew this was going to be an issue then I should have been accommodating myself to begin with before even getting to school. And even if my only ways to accommodate for myself is to make it clear to the school so they can help accommodate for me, then I should do so and make it easier on me as well as to school. For a smoother transition and better accommodations. If you just expect the school to start immediately accommodating for something they never had to deal with before and don't probably give him a warning ahead of time then it's going to be harder for them to accommodate. Now if they don't care or choose to ignore your condition than all I can tell you is go to a different school. If you're stuck at that school for financial reasons oh well, you're stuck there playing by the rules if it's unfair or not. And you would make him cry about how it's not fair all we want. Life isn't fair. And it's hard to accommodate for everybody. Especially if they don't understand your condition in your situation. And speaking from somebody who has a disability that people hear about all the time but very rarely ever understand, I don't ever expect somebody to even so much as understand it because they don't understand it, I don't ever expect them to a accommodate me. And they're probably not Obligated to do so anyways. Even more of a reason why I shouldn't expect it or tremendous. Unless they're in a position where they would probably have to accommodate for you, they're most likely not going to give a fuck about you cuz you're nothing to them just like you don't give a fuck about them cuz they're nothing to you. You're not obligated to care about Nor accommodate them and the same thing vice-versa. And again before you try to say that isn't fair, life isn't fair. Everybody's got their own things and their own problems. They're not obligated to understand nor accommodate yours. Just like you're not obligated to understand and accommodate their problems. So you don't ever expect it nor do you ever demand it. Those who mind their own business got their own business to deal with. So you should always do the same. They probably don't have the time nor the room in their life to accommodate for you just like you probably don't for them. So why would you ever expect it. The only one what can I accommodate for you and your situations and your problems is you. Speaking from personal experience
The right way to represent disability is to make the characters accept their weaknesses and learn to utilize their strengths, as opposed to overcoming those weaknesses.
Or literally making the disabilities look amazing/quirky/beautiful... It totally makes the struggles invisible
@@sarroumarbeu6810 are you joking or being serious.
@@flintstonesgummies1662 he's probably just making fun of how Hollywood writers go about me cuz I'm movies. They could do that, but why would they do that when they can go to the easier route and still make their big cash bonus? I mean it's freaking Hollywood, if Pixar was to come out tomorrow and say that they were specifically going to make a film about autistic people. I was autistic even though I understand Pixar puts heart and effort into their films, which still look at it as a crash pad cuz at the end of the date do I really expect him to give a fuck about my condition? They're just making a movie to make money.
At the end of the day that's all Hollywood give a fuck about, so should ever be a surprise that they have asked your stories especially about this evil people?
@@flintstonesgummies1662 ?
It's better to do both, if you can manage it.
it’s like the quote by Albert Einstein, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”
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Rosalie Stevenson Gods don’t count.
Yeah, Einstein never said that.
@@arthurbruel5545 yes he
did
@Keaton Harris literally Google it.
“Mikes not scary”
Bruh- if a one eyed round green goblin popped up at the foot of my bed I would be traumatized for the rest of my life.
True. And I could have insomnia for the rest of my life
Bruh. Can you imagine after monsters Inc and they resorted to laughter as their power source he does that and says eye see you. Meanwhile the little girls just traumatized. 😂
Yeah if a big hairy dude showed up to yell at me in the middle of the night I'd just assume it's my dad again
I’ve always considered Mike more scary than Sully.
I to am afraid of onision
“I act scary Mike. But most of the time, I’m terrified”
God that hits so hard
That lines stuck with me since I heard it idk y
Probably the best line of the film. MU is underrated as heck, and I’m tired of people lumping it in with the other more mediocre Pixar sequels
Take your blasphemy and leave
Honestly reminds me of my best friend/crush. He's basically admitted it to me.
@@User31662not everyone’s religious
The funny thing, Mike becomes more valuable later. He's a funny monster, which becomes more important when laughs are found to be more powerful.
You're right, it's sorta an acknowledgement of the social model of disability.
and the entire workforce suddenly has need for a monster like him. GEE what does THAT sound like? (it sounds like disabled people only having value in capitalism when they can be used)
not only that, (I don't think it's shown implictly but) it seemed like he revolutionized the field of scaring by getting them to add a support role for the Scarers. He'll probably end up in Monster History books.
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Yeah.
I never understood why Mike isnt seen as scary. If that thing crawled out of my closet when i was 5 I’d be scared fucking shitless
Exactly what I was thinking. In real life, I think kids would be fairly freaked out by the way Mike looks.
Too me, Mike looks way scarier than Sully 😭
I actually would be scared of squishy
I dunno, I was a fan of green creatures since I was little (thanks, Shrek) 5 year old me would probably scream in ecstasy.
@@ambre4144 that's some furry ass shit right there, but yeah, I think Sully looks really cuddly.
"Mike, you're not scary, not even a bit. But you're fearless." As a very VERY huge Monsters Inc fan I thought this movie was nice but this sentence singlehandedly changed my entire perspective of it. So powerful.
It's sad that many people downplay this prequel as forgetable and mediocre. I don't agree a bit, I love the new characters they seemlessly introduced and I especially love the message of the movie.
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@@adrianacaggese2606 *gentle breakdancing*
@@re_i_gn yesss thank you! i don't understand why people would call it average and boring, i guess they hated the final resolution bc they got expelled or smthn lmao. or the fact that they got discriminated hits too close for them
I think the idea that disability “makes you smarter” or is a gift comes from the fact that people with disabilities often have to work harder just to be accepted or pursue their dreams in a society that isn't built for us. Thinking of disability as a gift really undermines that effort. It creates an expectation that if you are disabled, you should have some natural, extraordinary talent to make up for it. I love that the movie shows that Mike is smart because he constantly studies and works for it, not because having a disability automatically makes you super skilled in That One Thing
I think it has more to do with the fact that people still think that if someone faces hardship like a permanent disability, it’s a result of their sins and they deserve to suffer. They then get uncomfortable thinking that a child could be born with such a heavy burden, so they decide that the disability must come with hidden benefits to that child because god would never punish an innocent - or some similar nonsense. I don’t really understand this version of logic, but I’ve seen it repeated many times. It’s a bastardization of karma.
I don’t think it’s that disability makes you smarter, it’s that smarter people are more likely to to have a neurological difference that will be seen as a disability by society. Like how intelligence and ADHD just go hand in hand, they’re almost one in the same. When the brain grows super quickly during childhood in one way, it’s usually not as formed in another way. I think the only problem is that our society values socially advantaged people over intellectually advantaged people
@@laurenj6771 Actually that’s verifiably false. There’s no linkage between ADHD and higher intelligence according to all current medical research. There are anatomical differences between brains of people with ADHD and those who do not have the condition, and those continue into adulthood even though people find ways to work around those challenges. It is a disability, and like most disabilities, it sucks at times and the world isn’t designed for disabled people, although it is finally becoming more welcoming.
What do you mean when you say society favors “socially advantaged” people over “intellectually advantaged” people? If you just mean some people value dumb rich people over smart non wealthy people, I concede you have a point. It explains the popularity of the Kardashians, but it doesn’t have any relevance with respect to people with disabilities.
Reminds me of people who assume people with autism are all supergeniuses when in reality most of us are average or dumber than average lol
this is just a stupid hollywood stereotype, propped up by people who can’t be realist
Stop. Imma cry. The idea that you're still a valued person despite not achieving your dreams is something more people need to hear.
i did cry and it needs to be SCREAMED so the people in the back can hear it!
@@_lexi The next step is getting everyone to believe it.
I'm a disabled person who has become housebound/bedbound over the years due to the severity of my chronic illnesses. Since falling ill in my early 20s, I could no longer accomplish so many of even the most basic things I could do as a child, and in these last few years especially, I've really had to teach myself that there is inherent value within myself. I strongly agree that we need more messages like that in media because there are so many people (including me) that can't reach their dreams for whatever reason, and we don't deserve to feel like we are unworthy of happiness. We deserve to see ourselves represented in media, finding ways to thrive that don't always just rely upon us "defying" our disabilities/circumstances. We deserve to be treated as valuable too
@JOHNNY REB what makes you think that?
You should check out the film "Frances Ha." Its message on success I found powerful.
The thing I loved most about this movie is that they got kicked out of college. The back story of Mike and Sully being college drop outs who go into the workforce and rise to the top of their field really meant a lot to me. I hadn't expelled or dropped out of college, but I did enter the workforce right after graduating high school. I knew I had no idea what I wanted to do in college, and it was the right choice, but it was always painful to have to tell people I hadn't gone, in part because there wasn't much representation of successful people who didn't go to college. It was a nice reminder.
Agreed!
Me and my siblings loves movies, and oftentimes animation doesn't reach our hearts anymore. But when we went out of the theaters that night, we were in awe. We've watched Monster Inc. so many times before, so to find out that the successful duo Mike and Sully from M.I was actually a college drop out, and had to build their careers from the bottom, really caught us off guard. It really left a mark cause irl a lot of successful people, like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, are actually a college drop out too! It really touch the sensibility of real life, and somehow it still as memorable as it can get
Yes, that was a very classy twist to the ending. Since watching the first movie you assume that someone like Sully has done "all the right things" back in school.
It's literally the American Dream
True! When we saw it on cinema with my dad, he liked that so much. He didn't finish college, and in such a similar way to Mike and Sully he got his actual job he's had for like 20 years. He was so excited about it and told us many stories about how his story in his job was.
This used to be a "meh" movie, but now, seeing it as a ln allegory, it's amazing to me.
Who else overdosed on ketamine
@@_AKU_AKU_ Mr. Krabs, apparently.
@@alexandredesouza3692 yes he also has stage 5 cancer
I just enjoyed the movie in general as it is set in university not often shown in animation.
Seeing this movie as an allergic reaction it's amazing to me
When mike says “I did everything right. I wanted it more than anyone. And I thought - I though if I wanted it enough...” my heart just shatters into tiny pieces and I can’t,,,,, like??? Aasdfhjg
It's too relatable for me.
initially watching the movie i thought it was terrible, but after my second watch (senior yr of hs), that scene meant so much to me
saw this movie as a ten year old when it first came out. the lake scene always stayed with me, even nine years later
Ikr this part hit me hard when I couldn't go to my dream schools cause I just didn't have the money
I’m currently feeling this at university right now. I want to write music for a living so god damn badly but I’ve been at it for a long time and have made minimal progress. I’m pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into my attendance at this school so I can get a leg up in the industry, but I just don’t know if I’m cut out for the job. It fucking sucks as a depressed, anxiety-ridden, ADHD-struggling, (probably) autistic dude who sucks at social interaction and has never had a relationship in his life. I feel like a failure every day and it weighs heavily. I never made this connection with this movie as a kid (I was maybe 11 or 12 when it came out) but now that I’ve watched this wonderful video essay… man I’m just sobbing. It speaks to every struggle I’ve felt and am feeling right now. I hope to god that I can still achieve my dreams and I really don’t want to be that failure but I hope if it’s unavoidable that I can paint it in a more positive light.
My sister has a learning disability and when she was little she found a doll at a store who was broken. The dolls body had beeds to make it soft and huggable, but the legs weren't sewn properly so all the beads whent to one leg. Making one feg fat and the other one empty. It is to this day still her favorite toy. She even costum sews clothes for her doll. That's the kinda thing i was hoping to see from toystory
awwwwwwwwwwww
When I was a kid I was extremely lonely (had friends, but had trouble connecting with people and struggled with social norms). I'd always pick the toy I didn't think anyone else would buy so that it had a home. I remember once my dad took me to an antiquities store and there was this gorgeous doll with a beautiful hand sewn dress and blonde ringlets like mine and I carried her all around the shop and then I saw this old, stuffingless dog-looking toy with faded fur and hideous jowls... I ended up walking out with Scruffy and introducing him to his adopted daughter, Foxy lol
@@bogeyworman6102 that's such a beautiful story 💕
@@anopinion1349 so is yours! 💓 it just tickles me when something brings back one of these memories, full colour smell and texture. I always feel like I need to record them somehow or tell someone to keep it alive 👽💖
@@bogeyworman6102 yeah i totally get what you mean! Sometimes you hear something that throughs you back in time and you just jave to get it out somehow
Imagine if Gabby’s voice box was *still* broken when the girl tried it, but the girl went, “It’s okay, I can’t find my voice too.” And found comfort in the fact that the toy had something similar to her. Or better yet; if that girl was deaf and she just liked the toy because she felt nice to hug and looked pretty.
I would have loved to see her pull the voice cord, hear nothing, be confused for just half a moment, and then start playing with Gaby like she was an airplane and making the accompanying noise herself.
In brings home the message MU does while also being totally 100% realistic and unforced. Kids play with toys in all sorts of ways and use them as all sorts of different objects. Toys exist to engage the imagination of a child after all.
Bro yes!!!!
That tug at my heart
That would have been SO. MUCH. BETTER.
That wouldn't have worked whatsoever because what would be in it for Woody as a character? The reason why he gives Gabby his voice box to her in the first place and even dismisses her offer to give it back, is because he was originally going to give her to Bonnie, so that she could potentially take his place in the room, it's when the kid pulls his voicebox inside of Gabby's back, that he realises that he made that happen along with the other toys, it's what forms the realisation for Woody, the realisation that he can do so much more shit in the world, than being stuck in a closet. He's become what he hated three movies ago, a lost, broken toy, but much like Mike Wazowski, he's found something better because of it.
I always liked him saying "I did everything right. I wanted it more than anyone. And I thought- I thought that if I wanted it enough..."
It reminds me of that amazing quote from Star Trek: "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness. That is life."
I always loved that line, I’m glad someone else recognized why it’s such a powerful one.
Yeahhh
that's powerful
I completely agree with your analysis on the “gifted” sully, I breezed through Elementary and middle school so much so that I never learned what to do when I struggle. Because I was handed such an easy life in the beginning, I never grew the willpower necessary to push through difficult obstacles. I know nobody asked to give my life story, but it’s just so comforting knowing that people out there understand
Been there as well. I had to really face myself when I got to university. That… Was not a fun realization.
Been there as well, add autism and adhd into the mix and...
Well, I crashed during my master degree. Had a project I really wanted to make into something cool, and I just couldnt mentally work on it anymore.
Talked it over with a teacher, decided my bachelors degree was enough, since a masters in game design really doesnt offer much extra value and it just wasnt worth the stress anymore.
A good year later, I still want to pick up or reboot that project again at some point, but actually working up the creativity to get any decent work done is still just impossible...
I also struggle on the spectrum
@@skwyd3341 Its fun, isnt it?
Oof yeah. World took a hard turn start of high school. Not doing bad as a sophomore though.
“There’s nothing beautiful about the realization that your chosen career field or dream wasn’t built to accommodate you.”
That hit hard.
Indeed
Me with acting
When life closes a door you open a window
@@djuannalester4743 me with being an instrument prodigy :,)
Me too. I wanted to go into acting, but late hs thru college I was in the worst flare of my life, so, I couldn't join any of the plays and stuff in college, or community theater. Had to give up that dream.
I never thought of this movie that way
*Me nethier mmm it atually makes it more interesting*
Same
same
@@8illy hi scrumptious feet king
This video made me actively interested in this movie even if outside of this lens its more of an entirely meh prequel. But due to this reading as a disabled woman who did have to give up several different career attempts, it feels interesting and meaningful.
If we carry Mike's arc into Monsters Inc, when they discover laughter is more powerful than being scared through Mike and Sully's experience with Boo, Mike becomes one of the main comedians while Sully runs the factory. Mike may not have been scary but he was entertaining, and the discovery that laughter is more powerful than screaming played to his strengths and ultimately saw him live his dream, albeit in a different way to how he imagined it. As a person on the autism spectrum myself, this really speaks to me. I've personally always been academically gifted but socially inept, but it doesn't mean I should just give up. Though I feel Monsters University is one of the weaker Pixar films and definately isn't as good as Monsters Inc (which I loved as a child and still love as an adult), I still felt that message.
"Everyone's a genius. But if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life thinking it's stupid"
@@seamuswagner3458 ...i remember reading that in the book, 'fish in a tree'. It is such a nice quote, and it truely is nice how well it matches to this.
Ask someone off on Spectrum, I agree you shouldn't ever give up. However, don't ever expect somebody to accommodate you for your condition. Mainly for the fact that not everybody is going to understand our condition. That's number one and number two, you see people aren't obligated to accommodate you depending on the situation oh, so they don't accommodate you for a condition that they don't understand, just don't be disappointed or upset. Cuz that's kind of not fair for those ignorant on our situation and condition. At least to me.
But what if you’re academically not gifted AND socially inept? Lmao
Couldn’t of put it better myself
Great analysis!
Something I want to point out about Sully is that he, a “gifted” Scarer, is the monster who discovers that Monsters Incorporated is exploiting children. In college, he was expected to be the school’s top Scarer, even if people’s high expectations resulted in Sully developing anxiety about letting them down. The person who he was the most anxious to fail was Dean Hardscrabble.
Sully’s fear of letting others down stayed with him after college. Even after being humbled and learning about the importance of hard work, he’s still expected to be the top dog at Monsters Inc. Waternoose fills Hardscarbble’s role of being the anchor that stops Sully from being who he wants to be.
From the beginning of Monsters University to the end of Monsters Inc, Sully goes from being an egotistical jock to a humbled, big-hearted individual who ends the exploitation of children. After befriending a human child, Sully develops the courage to take a stand against the societal machine, and reinvents Monsters Inc from the ground up. He does this by making its goal spreading joy among children instead of traumatizing them.
It's kind of sweet when you think about it.
On the flip side of the coin, Mike may never get to be a scarer - but he *does* get to become MI's top comedian one day...
MU has its flaws, it's certainly not as good a movie as the film it's a prequel to (let's face it, that would be difficult, MI is amazing)... but it *is* an excellent prequel.
I love how you connected the 2 movies!!
But not only did he become a trainer for scarers, in the first movie he essentially did achieve his original dream when he became a comedian for the kids that replaced scarers. In a way he made what he was born with work for him after years of work and ended up co founding a new type of energy that saved their city with Sully.
a new type of energy that was significantly more powerful, sustainable, and wholesome too. environmentally clean, if the environment is considered to be a child's psyche.
@@kigut7443 :D !!!!!!!!!
Honestly, the Monsters Inc. movies are revolutionary. Not only does it have the idea of finding energy sources that benefit everyone rather than fixing a broken system that just barely worked, but Monsters University also gives the story the fact that unique thinkers are necessary to make significant leaps to make those better worlds.
Mike Wazowski wasn’t a scary person at all; he was inherently goofy and better at training. But in the end he cared for a species he didn’t care about and inadvertently came up with the idea that gave the monster world better energy. It also benefitted him because he was also wittier than most as shown in Monsters Inc so being a comedian also is a good fit.
Monsters Inc was already a good movie with good morals. But Monsters University made the Monsters Inc franchise revolutionary.
I was disappointed in Gabby Gabby's ending because I FULLY expected a family with a Deaf child to come into the store and buy her.
That would be actually perfect
@@neksnek2032 is ur username a Danny Gonzalez reference?
@@evakonopka121 yeah lol. Glad to see a cultured greg in the comments :)
That would have been literally so perfect
Me too
When I was a kid I was scared of Mike more than Sully because Sully to me looked more huggable and he was like a stuffed animal. Whereas Mike is a one eyed booger looking miniature demon.
Prolly why Boo calls Sully "Kitty"
I guess you're boo
Sully also acts more huggable, and Mike is just mean! If I were Boo, I would be scared of a weird thing that's mean to me, not a weird thing that's kind to me.
“Having a disability doesn’t mean I’m secretly cooler or more beautiful than anybody else, it means I have a disability.”
this quote sums up this video absolutely perfectly.
I never occurred to me that Mike's story could be interpreted as an allegory for being disabled, so thank you so much for making this video so I could learn this new perspective.
I personally loved this movie because I feel like it's important to teach kids that "if you work hard enough, you can achieve anything" isn't always true. I reckon learning that as soon as you can, will save you a lot of pain and self-loathing.
but what disability does he have
@@charliepuppy. not being physically scary enough in a system that values being scary. Puts him at a disadvantage from the other scary (able bodied) students
@@charliepuppy. tis an allegory lol
@@haburoji3421 ohhhh
Ah, if only it were that easy
This movie and the motto "C's get degrees" is what got me through my last 2 years of college while working 2 jobs and unable to read for extended periods of time due to head injury.
Holy shit doing school with a head injury that prevents you from reading sounds incredibly hard, huge congratulations to you for getting through that
honestly, call me dramatic, but the Cs get degrees thing made me tear up the first time I heard it. I'm also neurodivergent and I used to beat myself up a lot for not meeting my and others' expectations, but it made me realise that all I have to do is do my best and graduate without stressing myself out too much. it was comforting.
also, I'm glad you got through all that! must've been tough, but you did it ^^
An here I’ve dropped out of college hopefully temporarily because of my anxiety, depression, and tbh lack of work ethic (though it’s hard to tell which is which sometimes).
@@kstar1489 Are you literally me? lol. The worse thing is I'm more than two years in from being a hikikimori and I have never talked in lengths about it to a professional, nay to anyone. I'm so fucking lucky my country has the culture of not kicking out kids and my parents are still young and capable of taking me in.
I wish I was told to be hardworking instead of just smart, innately. I know a lot of people who grew up frustrated when brought up being told they're smart (book-wise), only to get reality shattered when faced with actual smart and hardworking people.
Monsters Inc. is actually extremely mature. The message that sometimes no matter how hard you work for and want something, you may just not be cut out for it and it may not work how you want it to is so painfully realistic and a great message to teach kids about having a dream. It’s something I don’t se many kids movies address. Typically kids movies go for the idea that you can achieve anything you work hard for or set your mind to, which just isn’t true and this movie admits that. Also the added fact that Mike and Sully still achieved what they wanted (partially) by building themselves up instead of completing college eases the pressure put on kids by society to go to college, since usually it’s “go to college or you’ll never achieve anything”. Not only was I moved by the crushing scene where Mike realizes he just wasn’t cut out for the dream he’d aspired to his entire life made me respect the movie so much because that’s so, so real. Having dreams is a great thing but you have to also know your strengths and weaknesses. And in the end mike ended up utilizing what he was good at, as did Sully and together they complete each other and help each other do their jobs. That was another really well written thing about the movie, the way the two main characters literally complete each other and benefit off of each other’s strengths thus learning from one another’s differences. This movie doesn’t get enough praise to be honest.
the ending of the movie actually made me feel sincerely hopeful that maybe i can succeed even though im disabled to the point where i cant even go to college. it gives me real actual hope that it's possible
My main fav thing with this movie is that it's portrays college, without needing to include sex or anything even 16+. Which is a true breathe of fresh air to me, and furthermore i agree with your entire comment and this video
Pretty sure everything you said was covered in the video, and now your just putting into your own words to solidify your intelligence
@@skwyd3341 pretty sure you’re being a dick because the internet gives you anonymity, so you feel like you don’t need to be compassionate towards other human beings.
Way to read me mr phycologist, just because I’m being “negative” doesn’t mean I’m a troll. trolls directly insult people just to get a rise out of people. I just happen to have a tendency to be sarcastic, and trust me if you met me irl I would act the same
Last generation as parents: "You can do everything you want if you apply yourself"
Parents that watched Monsters' University: "You can't do everything you want, but you can do something you love"
I think both messages are flawed. Don’t settle for something less if you want to achieve something simply because it is difficult.
@@littlemoth4956unless you're an egotist, 'something you love' is never 'something less'
@@kono5933I am an egotist, thank you
I'd like to see some representation in media now
@@zartexkrontaculys1097 dr house, barney stinson, johnny bravo, bender, eric cartman, miss piggy, tony stark, dr strange, sherlock, to name a few
@@jadegreenleaf781 I mean in well written media
“Differently abled” always pissed me off. It’s massively patronizing to people who, at the end of the day, know it’s just a way to not say “disabled”
I agree call it like it is, disabled.
Agreed, it invalidates the strength that it takes to overcome your curse.
I feel the same way, but at the same time I feel like the word disabled does carry a negative connotation to it. Like we are missing something, like we are incomplete, like we need to be fixed. And I can’t speak for every disabled person, but I don’t feel the need or desire to be “fixed”. I wouldn’t use the term differently abled to describe myself but I understand how some people might prefer it since for them it could lack that connotation of incompleteness.
The idea behind “differently abled” is that if the world were designed to be more inclusive of “disabled” people they wouldn’t technically be unable to do what they originally couldn’t in our current society. It’s also just a different perspective on disability in general.
Worsteverything I’ll respect it if another disabled person wants to be called that, but when it’s me I feel patronised. Like, there are things I cannot do.
Overall, I think the ending and overall theme of this movie is what made me remember it so fondly, when I first saw it I was utterly blindsighted by a kids movie actually saying "yeah, college doesn't work for everyone, and you can still succeed without it" and actually have the two get their position by working up, and, of course, a character actually accepting that they're unable to do something and it's /ok/.
Yeah
YES, as much as I think a lot of the film is sadly in "bland prequel" territory, the lesson about "college isn't for everyone" is fantastic and bold!
I agree that it is a bold statement, and one that needs to be said more. However there are a *lot* of fields where having almost *any* degree (even one barely affiliated with said field) is better that having no degree at all. Heck with hiring itself becoming automated, I bet a lot of people don't ever get their resume read by a real human at all, because it doesn't have the name of some university on it. And that's something that a lot of fields need to work on, that they are burying a lot of their talents because said talents don't pass through a university's bank first.
And that's where this film shines, it illustrates that, yeah, all the MU grads do get the jobs pretty easy at Inc. Mike does have to work his nonexistent kiester off to get a foot in the door. And because he ends up finding a more potent energy source anyway, maybe Inc. was wrong to exclude him at all.
As a kid I accidentally broke the arm off my favorite doll. I was so distraught and thought I would have to get rid of her. But then I realized it wasn’t that big a deal and I didn’t bother to try to fix the arm. I still have that doll, even as an adult and she remained my favorite toy throughout my childhood. Her missing an arm made no difference in my love for her.
An old bunny I had when I was young started breaking a bit but I slept with the bunny still for a long time. I still have thar bunny to this day
I have a giant teddy bear that my brother tore the arm off so I took a old shirt and stitched a sling like thing was it a fix yes but the teddy bear is still missing the arm I still have it it's also one of my favorites
That's the thing about Toy Story's premise of "forgotten" fear. The fear of being forgotten is explained, but did we ever really expect that Andy or any other loving kid would throw out his favorite things in the world over a tear or something? I never once resonated with that anxiety because I had a lot of broken toys and I kept them because they still held a lot of memories. Getting a replacement would've felt like a betrayal to *my* doll or whatever it was.
When I was born, my parents gave me a stuffed teddy bear to sleep with. It was probably a few years later that our dog chewed off the teddy bear's nose, no longer looking the same. But that didn't bother me at all. The bear was still soft and comforting, sleeping with it every night. It is still my favorite stuffed animal and I plan on giving it to my firstborn son in the future. The stuffed animal may not longer be like other ones, but it is still special to me.
I have this littlefoot plushie, its neck and head falls because my cat used to bite it thinking it was his prey, I still love it
I love that one scene by the lake because it's just incredible, The whole movie is filled with highly saturated scenes of neon characters performing incredible acts but in this one scene the two heros sit at the edge of a dark lake shaded in muted tones of the colors we've become familiar with, We see these two at their lowest and above all else it feels real. It feels desperate and depressing and that's exactly how it should feel, Mike is realizing that he will never achieve what he wants no matter how hard he tries or how badly he wants it and there is nothing he can do to change that. For an unnecessary (pre*)equel to a kids movie it's obvious that the writers truly cared about it.
I think its a prequel but I agree with u wholeheartedly
I AGREE SO HARD
What’s “unnecessary”?
It would of been super cute if gabby gabby found a mute kid. Like maybe a kid was walking around the shop and tried to make gabby talk only to realize she doesn’t, just like herself. She was happy that there was a toy out their that should talk but shouldn’t. Idk just a idea
Ohh I wish they did that now! That would’ve been adorable
wow i think i just cried
I'm pretty sure Pixar are making a short about a nonverbal autistic girl on disney+ if that's any interest
Picture this: Gabi Gabi is abandoned by the child she hoped would be there for her. After going on her adventure with Woody and Bo peep she lands near a lost kid. The kid picks her up curiously, and pulls on her string. After taking another look at her adorable face, she hugs her, promising to take care of her and be her friend. She then proceeds to go to the security guard at the carnival and communicate the fact that she can’t find her parents… In sign language. The kid that finally learned to play with Gabby Gabby and be her friend, was deaf the entire time. Turns out, she didn’t need a good voice to be loved. She just needed someone who could except her regardless of what she sounded like.
ah a missed opportunity there
This reminds me of a random quote I saw online:
"Your flaws don't make you unique or special. They make you flawed."
They make you human. We all have flaws!
(* ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉｼ
gay
ok cool but I read this at the part of the video about autism and if someone called my autism a “flaw” i would punch them in the fucking face
Tru that
"In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto: "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France."
Anton Ego, Ratatouille
Pixar does well with these kinds of messages.
Agreed- love that quote
i remeber that this movie shocked me when i was younger "a character can't make their dreams come true?? wtf??" but with years i realized that life isn't always a fairytale and sometimes you need to find good or at least balance in what's given to you because it happens to be hard
“Do you think he’s scary”
for some reason that scene always hit me hard
It's like he really was forced into Mike's shoes, no matter what reasons he had for why Mike was so good at what he does and deserving of being treated like it, it always got beat down and made insignificant because at the end of the day he's just "not scary." A thing that Sully had probably never really thought about that much because he never struggled on coming up short with such a fundamental aspect of being a scarer, he's just always been scary.
I feel like then was a true moment of empathy for him because he saw that no matter how hard he fought for him, there was seemingly nothing that could be done.
I am so happy someone has actually acknowledged this. I hate how disabilities are represented in media and the messages and attitudes shown. It's so false and romanticized as if it's something that makes you better than everyone else
@@vi7089 That's Kermit the Frog
My biggest gripe is when disabled characters only exist to be inspirational. We don't have to be inspirational to exist.
No ones going to mention Quasimodo?! He was forced to think he was nothing but a monster. Didn’t get the girl he wanted. But was happy with who he was in the end!
And the thing that makes it better is that he doesn't get the girl in the end. All kids need to learn that they might not get the girl, and that's ok! As a neurodivergent lesbian, I'm still trying to learn that lesson...
I was going to mention the fact that in one of the sequels it turns out that his Hunchback is actually a pair of wings.
@@eggverseoffficial7976 are you me? because I think I am you
@@sablestormbreak3541 In the movie sequel, he gets a love interest :/ it defeats the purpose of the first movie.
@@parkchimmin7913 not what i was really going for I mentioned it because of that short movie about that Girl she mentioned in her video , and how she didn't say anything about that movie getting the whole hunchback = wing thing influence;
from said sequel.
When mike said "I did everything right. I wanted it more than anyone. And I thought if I wanted it enough.." I started to cry. I know that feeling of loving and wanting something so much and feeling like a failure because if I truly wanted something that much, I should've been good and above everyone. I should've been great, but I'm not. It was nice to see that im not particularly alone in this feeling.
Yes, I know and absolutely despise that feeling, it's even worse when not even you can truly tell if you've tried your hardest or not
as someone who was the “gifted” kid and is now a socially anxious lump with ADHD this hits different.
We might be the same person
Same man same
Hey, I might have adhd but struggle with that idea because i was also a "gifted kid" who never struggled to get good grades. Now in college I'm having a rough time because I just can't concentrate...how did you get diagnosed? How did you deal with it?
My problem is that I can barely see at all. My eyes are slowly deteriorating due to a rare genetic disorder that makes my retinas slowly split apart. I can’t even get a license because the DMV instantly fails me it really sucks because I can’t really go live wherever I want. At this point it’s just a waiting game between a cure or living with the reality that I might one day wake up not being able to navigate my own house. But I keep pushing forward and I try to keep a smile on my face and help anybody else that I see in need.
OH MY GOD YES-
That whole “this thing that people discriminate against you for is actually so beautiful and fantastic and you should be grateful for it” concept that abled people like to push is, in my opinion, probably based on the idea that you need to be desirable in order to be respected. Having respect for disabled people shouldn’t look like “you’re still beautiful!” Or “don’t let it hold you back!”, all it needs to be is compassion and accommodation. Someone shouldn’t have to think that I’m still attractive despite or because of my disability to believe that I’m a good person worthy of respect, and an employer shouldn’t have to think that I can just overcome my disability in order to give me an opportunity. The point isn’t to convince yourself that disabled people are “actually beautiful” or “actually capable”, it should be to care about them no matter how they look, no matter how their disability affects them.
Yes yes yes! To me it also stinks of inspiration porn like, "omg shes so brave for leaving her house with a hump on her back~ *I* couldn't live if I was like that, but it's soooo beautiful that you can pick yourself up every morning! It really shows that you can do *anything* you put your mind to uwu I mean, no, we can't put subtitles on movies in the cinemas or attempt to create a workplace culture that reduces stimuli and stigma or reduce the time you need to spend on your feet even though you're on the till, and of course we're still going to pay you less than minimum wage because you're broken BUT I BELIEVE IN YOOOoouuuUuuU!!"
It’s probably more along the lines of *we should make sure they know they’re beautiful too, because who wants to live thinking they’re ugly and undesirable?*
Rudolph syndrome
If it makes you feel any better, I never treat disabled people like they are inspiration porn, and I never understood the tendency to do that either. Honestly, I feel like sometimes able bodied people use disabled people to motivate themselves like "If a person with no hands can paint, then I should be able to too" which is actually insulting in a different way.
I understand that they are people too and just treat them like that, just giving them a little extra accommodation and being mindful of their disability but not really expecting any wonders from them. I am sure there are others like me out there.
@@hittingyouoverthehead "Honestly, I feel like sometimes able bodied people use disabled people to motivate themselves like "If a person with no hands can paint, then I should be able to too" which is actually insulting in a different way."
What do you mean by this? Isn't it actually good that the abled people actually have something to motivate them? Because it's kinda true that if a person with disabilities can do wonders, then so can abled people.
When you're simultaneously the "Gifted kid" and ALSO the "has a disability that stops them from being able to do the thing they want to do kid"
(So I finished writing the comment, it’s kind of very long so don’t try and read it if you don’t have time or a long attention span)
This is kind of me. It’s not a disability, but I have an issue with my joints that affects my legs and feet but more like my hands. I’m the ‘smart kid’ (I’m not even really smart, people just put me into that category because I’m fairly quiet and try too hard. Kind of like the gifted kid part of the video). The thing I am best at in the world is writing. As in, stories and creative writing. I want to be an author, but I’m also trying to be the smart kid, and I want to do well, but I can’t think of anything I would ever be happy doing except possibly teaching but I know I will never be able to get the qualifications for it. Anyway, I can’t really do the actual writing part of it. Because if I hand write stuff I end up having my right hand getting cramps in my wrist, and it happens after writing quickly for maybe 10 minutes. But whenever I have tests, they last for about 45 minutes, and I end up with my hand going numb and I have to stop and shake it really hard to get the muscles to loosen every few seconds. I can type okay, and I write a lot in my own time on the computer, but I can’t use a keyboard at school. So, I’m slowly getting worse in every subject that involves writing, so every subject except PE, which I was never great at in the first place, and I need to try and do well, partly because I have to do something I enjoy and I really don’t want to end up in a job that doesn’t interest me, but partly because I am terrified of losing the smart kid label. It doesn’t help that my sister is actually gifted, and she’s naturally good at learning AND she somehow actually enjoys studying, so she’s getting top marks in everything before she’s learnt most of it, and I can’t write a page long essay in under 2 hours. And then sometimes I can’t really get my thoughts into order so I end up with the piece of paper still blank, it get distracted and waste the entire time or scribble something that makes no sense and is just a bunch of words at the end. But in actual exams, because I don’t have a real disability, I just struggle in a different way to other people, I won’t get any extra time or assistance, so I need to be able to work twice as fast to cover the same amount. And the one thing I’m actually good at (writing) is also the thing I struggle to do the most, but it’s the actual act of writing words down that hurts, not coming up with stories and stuff, so they’re also echoing around my head and getting in the way of proper thoughts. But I don’t struggle in the same way kids who you think of as struggling academically do, and I don’t have any disabilities so am I still the smart kid? Or am I just the quiet kid or am I unique or what? And I have no clue how I’m going to cope with real exams, which are way too soon, or a job.
I’m not even sure why I wrote this comment, but basically: yes, I can relate.
Good to know we're not alone, then!
My life. And now I have nothing.
Mood
Sometimes the pressure keels you over. I self-sabotage a lot. But then I remember that I don’t want to live with this pressure forever and it’s okay to just live life. Even if I fail or I let myself and others down, as long as I can still live out happy moments with friends, family, and myself, it’ll all be okay in the end.
I never even realized Monsters University could even be connected to having a disability, and I’m visually impaired. But this just makes me love the film even more now
yeah, same. it came out a year before I went off to college and I always associated it with its literal meaning of how college just doesn’t work out for everyone and how crushing the expectations and goals of young adulthood are. but this actually makes a lot of sense.
@@walkingexistentaldread3079 Same, this movie came out just at the right time in my life when I started a course of studies right after finishing school in 2013, only to later realize it was not the right thing for me and too hard and I picked a different course of studies a year later that was much better for me and that I was successful in. I always related this movie more literally to students picking a course of studies that doesn't work out for them.
@reyrio6034 was that a vision joke? If so, that’s freaking amazing and I love it.
I think this movie gets a bad rep. There's so many mature and complicated themes in this movie that so many people ignore. I personally enjoyed the movie. I had a childhood dream of going to a particular college, and I got accepted. I was still confused about what I wanted to do, and struggling with undiagnosed ADHD and social anxiety. I was seeing everyone else around me have an understanding of things that I just didn't. I couldn't pay attention in class, or keep up with assignments the way everyone else could, I felt too nervous to ask for help, or go out in public and there's nothing cute or quirky about that. Online classes have helped me significantly through the virus, but I look back to this movie and relate to Mike because he and I both have had to fight for success, and put in every ounce of effort we have only for our best to not meet the standards of others. It's a great college movie in my opinion.
Castiglione agree I didn’t realize how relatable this movie was until I was 17, and the fact that I’m on the aspergner spectrum disorder this really relates to me and how I struggled to keep up with all of my classmates, even now that I’m in community college this relates to me so much. And honestly I think people should look into movies like these. This movie is the best representation of how people with disabilities struggle and how it’s not just something we can just wish away on star, I feel like people were just too focused on the fact that it was just another college movie but with Monsters Inc that they couldn’t see the movie’s hidden message
those videos are still valid criticism, just saying.
I saw this movie when I was 12 or 13 and I enjoyed it. And even now I still really appreciate the themes and animation. It's a fun film. Some beats in the movie are average, but I wouldn't say that for the most part
I also have Atentional defficit but there wasn't too much problem in just keeping some things in mind like for a test, and I get a good note score (6.1/7.0), but to memorize those little things I had to study TOO MUCH and i didn't even really study because I can't, if I don't find something enough interesting, my brain just erases it, so I also can't do homework properly so yeah, this quarantine is a torture, I almost have done like 4 little works out of like 20 or more, I have too much to do but somehow doing things in home slow me down too much, and I started this year very well, with the goal of trying to do everything at the time I can do it, and I did it until the heartless China goberment had to experiment to kill their own old aged people and people with respiration issues
i droped out of high school cant even do that im 100% sure i have adhd really bad
When you started talking about the gifted children that develop anxiety and do not know what to do when they struggle, I felt that. I grew up as that "gifted child" that every adult and peer was so amazed with that by the time I became an adult, if I wasn't immediately successful with something, or the moment things would go wrong, I would just quit. But most of the time, I wouldn't even try, because it's easier for me to say "That didn't work because I didn't put in the effort" than to say "that didn't work because I wasn't good enough." It's taken a long time for me to find my own self motivation, and I still have even more to go, but it's nice to hear people put a feeling or an experience to words. It makes me feel like I'm not alone.
honestly same, i’ve always been the typical “kid who didn’t study and still got an A” and everyone (parents, teachers, classmates, friends) was so amazed and always congratulated me to the point that i felt like if i didn’t had a good grade they were going to be disappointed in me. I literally quit playing a sport i had been playing for 6 years because i wasn’t “good enough” in my mind although everyone kept telling me otherwise. And i also developed anxiety and a maladaptive daydreaming disorder lol.
I'm struggling with this right now, I don't know how to do this... I feel bad when taking some time for my self because I could be studying and getting to know the material better. But it's gotten to the point that when I sit down to do school work I can't concentrate because I don't have the motivation. I need to BE smart its drilled in my head but I can't remember why I want to achieve that in the first place. I don't know what I want to do and can't really enjoy activities because if I wasn't good at it in the beginning then I wasn't made for it. I've recently tried to just take some time to reframing the way I look at things, it's hard at times but it helps...
I've been struggling with gifted child problems a lot recently since I'm in my first year of university. For nearly all of my life so far, I've coasted through tests and essays without trying, and as a result I had no idea how to study, or how it felt for things to go wrong. Because of that, when I got to the tests at the end of my first semester, I procrastinated, did absolutely no studying, and expected that they would be a breeze. They weren't. I felt a sickness in my stomach like never before as I realised I had no idea what to do.
So now, like Sully, everyone sees me as a naturally talented person, and I keep up that façade because I don't want to show any potential weakness to anyone. But on the inside, I'm absolutely terrified of what might happen if I begin to fail, and can't pursue what I always thought was within reach.
I think I have a similar problem.
My parents always tell me that I'm very intelligent, and I honestly believe it, I just simply can't use it properly. I have good grades in languages, I like drawing and people tell me I'm good at it, but that's it. I have bad grades in math, mostly math. And when I actually TRY to improve and get my shit together, I always space out, always get distracted. I think it might be Maladaptive Daydreaming, like another person here said, but I'm not entirely sure.
I also tend to quit when something doesn't go the way I planned. For example, I study for a math exam, but when I take the paper, I forget everything out of stress and as a result, I get a bad grade. I tell myself "There's no point in this, I'll fail anyway" and just take it like a little b*tch instead of improving.
My parents always tell me that I'm very intelligent, but very lazy, and honestly they're right. Because of my laziness, I didn't get to my dream high school, and now I'm stuck in a high school I honestly didn't want to attend. But, well, that's what I get for wasting the time I could've studied or improved.
I don't know what's wrong with me. I desperately try to satisfy everyone, but I can't even satisfy myself, I feel like everything I do is shitty, but I don't want to show weakness so people won't be disappointed in me. But I already know that deep inside, they're sick of me, I'm a disappointment and I know it, yet I don't do anything about it in fear I'll fail again.
Anyways, I'm sorry for writing such a paragraph, but I need to tell someone about it, even strangers on the internet. No one cares, I know, but I hope you understand, since it seems we have similar problems.
Alright so I'm pretty sure all of you guys are a lot younger than me, so I'm gonna do my best to provide you guys advice that has worked for me, but I am no therapist so please take my words with a grain of salt, and I'm sorry for the mountains of paragraphs.
First thing, ask you friends for help. Even if it's just asking them to let you vent about your lack of motivations, or if they can like come over or hang out to study or work on your assignments. This will serve 2 purposes, 1 it will demonstrate who your *friends* are, and who are just merely friendly acquaintences that like to hang out with you. There's nothing wrong with friendly acquaintences, but they're not gonna be there to support you when you're down. 2, it will give you the support you need to atleast help you develop these habits you need to self motivate.
Second, find a hobby, like a brand new hobby, something you're absolutely terrible at. And just do it, do it once a day, every other day, a week, whatever. Make it a routine of yours to do it, and focus on your own achievement and not what it's suppose to be or what others do. Are you bad at art? Draw some stuff. Just draw random things, then start focusing on things you struggle or try to avoid like anatomy or still life or abstract. Do you suck at rock climbing? Find a climbing gym, take some friends with you, focus on just getting your grip first, then getting at least one foot hold higher than you could before, challenge yourself to go for those holds you don't think you can grab. What's important is you keep trying, and try not think about what you failed at, but rather what you succeeded at.
For me, I took up competitive smash bros. I'm terrible at fighting games, and my mechanical skills and reaction time has always been trash in games, but I'm an information sponge so strategy and tactics were always my specialty. I started going to local tournaments with my friends, ran a casual tournament at a kavabar we all went to. At first, I was only concerned with little things like not getting 3 stocked, or getting the game to last stock. Then I focused on little mechanics and combos and scenarios using UA-cam, friends and training mode. In about a year I went from going 0-2 in both my losses without a win, to going 3-2 at my local tournament and making it all the way to top 4 at the casual I'd run with my friends. It took a very long time to even make those results, probably like 6 months before I got my first set win, but that's the point. It's not about success or winning, it's about improvement.
I hope some of this helps you guys to an extent. Like I said, I'm not an expert, but this kind of stuff helped me out a lot. I hope you all do well in your classes, studies, exams, etc. And even if you don't, do not stress. The adult world is hard, with or without a college degree. We all grow at our own pace, there's not one strict time line you should be accomplishing things at. I stopped taking college classes because I knew I couldn't focus on it, and I also had no idea what major was I even going to go for. Despite that, I've been promoted to management at two different companies, I own my own place, and I'm doing well all things considered. Now that I have more of a focus on my career choice, I'm looking into going back to college again what kind of degree I would need for the job I want. You don't have to have everything figured out at 18. People don't even have everything figured out at 26, nor at 34, or 57, or 72. Life is hard, unpredictable, and constantly changing. As the video said, we are not perfect human beings and the only person we're disappointing by thinking that is ourselves. You're allowed to make mistakes, you're allowed to fail and do better next time.
Stay safe, take care of yourselves, and if no ones told you this today, you are loved and I'm glad you've made it this far.
9:36 i love this quote. ignoring someone’s disabilities isn’t a good thing to do, despite how much it feels like it is. you need to acknowledge someone’s disability to accept it, and Sully did just that here. saying he’s not scary, but still expressing that he doesn’t NEED to be scary to be a fundamental part of the team. he doesn’t need to be able or “normal” to be useful.
I was incredibly happy when she said that most of the ''gifted kids'' are highly anxious and struggle with some things developed ultra-early by non ''gifted kids''.
I feel safer now
Being in higher level classes and labeled as gifted tends to cause depression, anxiety, and/or ADHD to develop.
@@MaxKarmaCat Small correction on an old comment. ADHD doesn't develop, those gifted kids already had ADHD and that's actually what caused them to be so great in the first place. If the find the subject matter interesting as a kid they can cling to it and appear as genies. The issue is as they get older and schoolwork gets harder it become impossible to memories without study. These kids with ADHD were never taught to study, and even once they are taught they often find it so boring they flunk out. Go from high achieves to bottom of the class within a few years without understanding why.
@@babycakelings I have ADHD, numbskull. And either you're born with it or it develops.
good thing youre far from gifted
@@MaxKarmaCat it definitely developed in you
God this is relatable. I’m autistic and a “gifted child”, middle school and high-school destroyed me. I never even noticed how good this message was until now. I need to re-watch this movie now. Thank you for this.
Same. Nothing good about being "gifted" if you can't do anything with that "gift". Fucked me up pretty bad as a young Autistic man. I'm still trying to figure out that to do with my life after all that time wasted.
ME TOO!
Now I'm full of mental illnesses...
God, "gifted" is such a joke. All it did was make people think I was lazy instead of that I maybe might have say ADHD
David Rigdon The same thing happened to me :(
As someone with Autism, I really hate the term 'gifted'. It's so annoying when people call me that.
"You are disabled? Just fix yourself!"
What a great message for kids.
I think that the topic is just generally delicate and it is difficult to make a light hearted movie about it... which is why I think it shouldn't be done like this. Nobody needs to be fixed to get a "happy ending", we are all just people. Nobody can control how they are born or what happens to them. Nobody is cooler because they were born a certain way.
Children are usually so open minded and ready to reach out if they are just shown how. So maybe they should make movies more... innocent, maybe? Less in-your-face kind off, like, "this one is broken and needs to be fixed" but rather "this one is different but it doesn't matter". When it is so easy to hold out your hand and take the person who might have it harder along instead of dragging them down further, why don't we teach kids just exactly that? Why does it have to be about fixing? Why not about acceptance and growth?
^
This is about Toy Story btw, not Monsters University, which I think was really good at conveying the message!
@@pepperonipete8928 Well, it is just a comparison that makes sense. Besides, it is more about the message. Children with bodily disabilities often feel as though they are "broken" or "defective", and a movie like this shows something defective being fixed so it can have a happy life like everyone else. You might think it's not that deep, but kids can be influenced so easily by things like this. Even if the defective toys weren't intended to represent disability by the creators of the movie, you can still interpret it that way. I am not trying to hate on Disney or anything, I just think that maybe it's time to put more thought into these kinds of things. Because obviously, nobody is made out to be everything. If you need glasses you can already kiss goodbye to a whole bunch of career options. Having a disability shouldn't be something that holds you back, but something that teaches you to consider everything possible. But in Toy Story, the only solution to being defective seems to be getting fixed. Which is just not a good message in general, if you know what I mean.
Sorry for the long reply!
I wish i could but wishes don't come true so when the world closes a door you open a window
@@giovannicervantes2053 that's a good mentality
@@kaniyaru117 yeah i am able to understand how messed up i am and i hope that if i do indeed fail that i may guide others to a treasure that i cannot possess
@@giovannicervantes2053 I think you are perfect, not messed up
"There's nothing beautiful about the realisation that your chosen career field or dream wasn't made to accomodate people like you".
I got fired two months ago for the third time in 3 years because of my symptoms and have been stuck in a loop of self-blame and self-disgust. This helped a lot. Thank you.
I was going to go into the air force so i could eventually be an astronaut. they don’t send ppl with mental illness up tho. So now i’m going for aerospace engineering. Sometimes it’s still crushing but what can you do
I feel heard. I come from the perspective of Sully where I’m “the smart one” and I’m, grade wise, very gifted. However, it sucks. I can’t study for the life of me, which makes me worried that I’ll fail because I didn’t, but in the end I didn’t need to. And work ethic really doesn’t exists for me. I’m terrified for the future because of this. Let’s not even get started on the pressure to stay good!
I’m glad my perspective has been seen and understood. Thank you, seriously, thank you!
same
we are the same person
I’m going to be honest with you. I’m basically you but a few years down the line but didn’t realise my issue until after I crashed. It may not seem worth it for now, but find ways to practice studying or, more specifically, ways to put the work in. Learn it now and sure, you may fail sometimes, but it’ll be the structure that lets your talent flourish and helps you pick yourself back up when you do fail. Better to set yourself up now since you realise what’s coming rather than have regrets down the line
Same. I'm the person who's so stressed out that she has some doctor's appointment atleast once a month due to stress symptons, which can include but are not limited to: a LOT of excemia, a LOOOT. barerly sleeping, living on the toilet for 4 years, etc etc..
So even if i'm naturally smart, i'm so naturally stressed about anything the most difficult thing for me is making homework. ):
I hear you brother
as someone else who's also in the spectrum,another negative portray of our desabiltiy in media is when they show us as "geniuses";sure some of us have skills that are above the average and may seem awesome because we lack functioning in other basic areas,but a lot of us are not lke that(for example,me) and it just makes us feel even more challenged,as if we are not important if we don't excel as such.
I think that’s why I really liked Entrapta from SPOP. Yes, she was incredibly smart, but they also showed that she struggled a lot with connecting with people and socialising. And how she misses a lot of social cues. It’s probably the least pandering rep I’ve seen for autism, since they show the pros and cons of ASD, and they don’t make her this “special” character. She’s just a human being, trying to do the thing she loves. And I really appreciate that as an Aspie.
Another thing that people need to remember is that a lot of the time, these above average skills are thanks to the special interests of the child. If a kid is REALLY into the piano, and they invest every waking moment of free time into learning the piano, then they're going to be incredible at playing the piano. Nobody is born being able to play, they learn through effort.
@@jupitersnoot4915 TRUE. And I find I can't always control the hyperfixations or the special interests. So my grades are always really slanted one way or another. Instead of 4 Bs it'll be 2 As and 2 Cs, because I fixated on 2 of the classes and not the other ones.
I've thought about that too. With high-functioning autistic people being portrayed in media as top class doctors and scientists, it feels kind of like I'm not good enough, despite being classified as high-functioning myself (I am aware some don't want to use those types of labels anymore, but to be clear I'm using them now). I've made tons of mistakes, and all I want is to work with animals and write fantasy. I won't magically be great at it, I have to train as hard as anyone else. It just happens to be my special interests, making me _want_ to learn everything and remember it easier because I'm so interested. I just want to be seen as a human like any other. Capable, sometimes needs help, living and thinking, like you.
@@Cheetahgirl_Studios what's the name of the show?
The problem with these kinds of representations is that they aren’t realistic. You’re telling a disabled child that they can be “fixed” - only, they can’t. A mute child is given hope that one day they will speak, which just leads to disappointment. Some disabilities can’t be treated, which is why we have to be taught to accept them instead of searching for a “cure”.
You would love the book Brilliant Imperfection, written by Eli Clare. It's central purpose is what you just said, and the author has cerebral palsy.
Pastel Crazes I think that’s the point of the movie. Mike might not be suited for scaring, but he’s good at other things. A mute musician may not be able to sing, but they can absolutely play an instrument. Same occupation, different role. Just like what Mike did.
What is mute? Do you choose not to speak or are you born like that? If anyone knows more, it would be nice to get some insight.
It's almost like you watched the video.
Uncomfortable Adolescent You’re born not able to, if you choose not to speak then it doesn’t mean you can’t
In my opinion, the best representation of a disabled character is Toph from A:TLA. As someone who also struggles with the mixed bag of ASD, I really associated with her.
I’d add Sokka too since, in a way, he is disabled as he is not a bender like everyone else in the “GAang”. Both are born without abilities that they can never overcome - seeing or bending - and both are able to develop and be productive members of the team through their strengths
this is an amazing video! I always felt I loved this film a lot more than everyone else and I’ve never been able to put why into words until you uploaded this! keep up the good work :)
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𝓦𝓸𝔀 𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓾𝓼 𝓖𝓸𝓻𝓶𝓪𝓷
Hi, Seamus!
Y O U
It is almost the perfect prequel!
As a former gifted kid, it's so true. You're put on such a high pedestal from the start that it becomes so draining and scary. What makes it so shitty is that while everyone was praised for successes, small or big, you were EXPECTED to succeed. There was no reward for winning, you just got to stay on that pedestal. There was no 'oh you tried your hardest but got a C-...good job! You tried hard and passed!' It was always 'You better have gotten an A again.'
And then if you began slipping, even a little bit, it was always YOU that was the problem. I remember getting grounded and things taken away from me because I went from an A to a B in one class and my mom thought I was the one who was slacking rather than thinking I needed help. I got punished for failing and now I'm afraid of failure.
It was nice to see the gifted kid as being portrayed as having stress in the movie. It was also nice to see Sully grow confident in his abilities as a scarer. He's not a good scarer because he's 'a natural' but because he trained and I hope to be that confident one day.
Katsuki Bakugo 😪
Edit: I only said this because it reminded me of him I wasn’t tryna compare shit. You guys gotta calm tf down 😐
I never thought that I could feel so identified with a comment until now. You put into words what I never understood ... now I can express it out loud, thank you very much ♡
I cried when I read this comment
@@ObitoUchiha-dr5px Please don’t compare a fictional character to an actual real life experience-
Damn! I always thought I am the Mike in this movie until now but now I realize I was the Sulley. Yes, if you're a 'gifted child', it is really hard to convince yourself that you have to work for anything. It's hard to accept the fact that one day, things would stop being handed to you on a platter. Coming into contact with someone smarter than you or as smart as you automatically makes you feel insecure and look for some other flaw in their life that you can use to make yourself feel better.
At the beginning of the film, Mike walks up to a classmate. He thinks that classmate was his friend, but they just turned at him like "Who's this weirdo?" Without spilling my life story, I felt that.
I think we have all felt that several times. But some of us have experienced way more than others. It's not just traumatic, but annoying too.
*Fun fact* While Mike isn't scary per se, he could have used items to help him -makeup, masks, prothesis etc.
HOWEVER, this also kinda fits: The university expected monsters to NATURALLY scare kids aka out of their own nature. Similar to how many insitution still don't have proper accommodations for disabled people. Everyone just told Mike "you're not scary". Not "Let's get you stuff so you scare better". Regarding that Mike was a determined student, he'd had been a truly fine worker if someone had helped him along.
And even then, he learned to be scary to the point where he both instigate fear in adults and is the coach of an renowned scarer, akin to how people with autism are actually good at body language reading because they have to work very hard to understand body language in the first place.
I think the problem is that most stories about disabled characters are made by able bodied people and they have this mindset that disability is ‘tragic’ and can’t imagine how it could be possible to have a good life unless you’re ‘normal’.
It’s the same mindset that gives birth to ‘inspiration porn’ where able bodied people feel encouraged by hearing that a ‘poor heroic disabled person achieved this thing (anything from climbing a mountain or completing a marathon, to just doing something that able bodied people do all the time) so that proves that anyone can achieve anything and none of us have any right to ever feel sad again’!
I was brought up on stories of people who ‘overcame their disabilities’, etc and, honestly, it was so toxic for me as a person with multiple undiagnosed disabilities/conditions. I still struggle with breaking the thought processes that this brainwashed into me but which cause me more harm than the actual conditions themselves. More than half the symptoms and issues I experience are from trying to ‘overcome’ my disability rather than accepting it and changing my expectations of myself accordingly.
i used to be “smart” and get A’s without trying hard and then life hit me like a truck and now i’m struggling to get C’s or if god blesses me a B
same here
bif oof
Same here but i was lucky to have "college is gonna be hard as shit and this aint gonna cut it" drilled into me in highschool. It was little over exagerated but it got me in the right headspace.
Big same
Maybe you burned out, or maybe you never really cared, it was just easy so you got those grades. You can't put the same energy into more challenging things, you've got to try harder, be more productive, you can still get those As sure maybe not straught As and A*s but certainly higher than what you're getting. You just have to want it a lot more. I know it's sad but what keeps me succeeding as the lazy bastard I am, is the fact it crushes me when Im barely passing or what not, so when grades come in and it's Cs and Bs I work harder cos it hits me.
what happened to us
Mike becoming a scare trainer: "I guide others to a treasure I cannot possess"
If u can't do teach
Those who can’t do; teach
And those that can’t teach; teach gym
Red skull endgame
@@Beanie26 Truth
My favorite part was when the strict teacher did an on the spot exam for sully and he did his usual roar, but he didn't listen to the prompt so she failed him on the spot for using the wrong scare method. Really fits the theme of a gifted child failing the moment he steps foot into college.
Oof, you didn't have to call me out like that lol
lol what? college isnt hard
I like to relate disability to Sandy the squirrel. She is a perfectly functioning squirrel, but without her scuba suit she'll die because the society she lives in is not built for her.
I don't like to think of my ADHD as a disability, I just don't function the way the society I live in was built so I need a scuba suit.
Dont you mean sandy from spongbob a squirrel living underwater that needs a suit to breath
@@Shawno625 Yes, oops. I fixed it. Thanks. That's embarassing.
@@ThatOneLadyOverHere your welcome
A+ illustration of the social model of disability.
Yeeeeees!!! I have ADHD as well and it is a disability (though it’s downplayed by others bc it’s “not as bad” but it still impacts our daily living) and that’s okay! 💗💗💗
It was surprising that Monsters University didn't use the "you can do everything if you really want it" message that is in many movies, instead it made a "In some cases life has other ways for you, and you can be successful on these ways too" message. It takes a more realistic approach in the sense of even if you can't do the thing you originally wanted there are enough other ways that can make you as happy and successfull.
almost broke down because this video basically called me out during the “gifted kid” part because i never wanted to acknowledge that thought check
I almost cried when you were talking about realizing that certain career fields aren’t accommodated for you… as someone with Tourette’s, there are so many careers I probably will never be able to do. I can’t be a surgeon, I can’t fly a plane, I can’t do anything to do with precision, and most places aren’t and will never be accommodated to me… it always hits me like a truck, realizing, “oh. Even if I wanted to do that, I can’t.” I’m not allowed to learn how to drive yet, all because they don’t think I can. Even worse, there’s not an actual way to fix this. I just, won’t do those careers. I’ll eventually learn how to drive. But nothing is made for people like me.
One of my all-time favourite depictions of disability is the anime, “Interviews with Monster Girls” or “Demi-chan wa Kataritai”. It takes place in a world that is pretty much identical to ours except there are people called “demi-humans” who have the traits of certain humanoid monsters from folklore (ie. vampires, dullahans, succubi, etc.).
The show follows a high school science teacher as he wants to learn about demi-humans, but not only are they rare, they are also usually very reclusive. He is then surprised to find that three new students and one new teacher are all demi-humans (a vampire, a dullahan, a snow woman and a succubus respectively) and are all going to the school he works at, so with their permission he goes about interviewing them.
What’s cool is that the show frames the traits of these demi-humans as disabilities. Vampires sunburn easily and basically have iron deficiency, snow women really can’t handle extreme heat, dullahans literally have to carry their heads around with them and succubi run the risk of sexually arousing anyone they come into contact with. It sounds like it could get really trashy, but I swear it doesn’t. It confronts all of these head on and looks at the ramifications of these traits and how each girl copes with life and their insecurities and fears about the whole thing. It’s a really well-crafted allegory and also just a really well-written anime, as all of the characters are distinct and likeable.
It’s done a lot to help me think about what I want to do as a future teacher and as a person with a minor learning disability and very likely some majorly undiagnosed stuff going on too.
Wow this sounds awesome! Where can I check this out?
@@goofygoober695 I’m pretty sure you can watch it for free (with adds) on Crunchyroll, unless you already have Crunchyroll Premium, in which case no adds and 1080p. Other than that there are probably a couple quasi-legal sites where you can find it (not that I necessarily endorse that, but people do what they do).
It really is, it portrays all this supernatural stuff not like mythical power, but more grounded thing, even though it's still mysterious. The way they relate to problems it creates for them, the way they deal with it is mundane yet understandable.
Thank you for this recommendation! !
I’m definitely going to watch that show when I can find it
I never read Mike's situation like that. I was more focused on the whole college isn't for everyone or isn't the only means to success, but I think this makes his struggles and the ultimate outcome much more meaningful. I'm also autism spectrum and hearing a bit about your experience really hit home for me. As nice as it is to offer more positive representation for autistic people, I also think it's important to emphasize some of the challenges and difficulties autistic people can deal with and then say it's okay to not feel comfortable with large crowds or loud sounds for example. Thank you so much for another great video.
its definitely telling of your own life experiences when you don't catch these kinda allegories. Like I'm pretty race blind so most of those messages in movies go over my head. this video just made me realise how many characters and stories are coded with disabilities i never caught.
Ima nead a tldr coz my dislexia dont like text blobs
I'm slightly mentally handicapped as well.
But you wouldn't even notice if you saw me.
That being said, I've done fairly well in school and college. But have struggled immensely in algebra, economics, and convoluted and advanced vocabulary.
I do excel in history, geometry, and crime topics though.
Also remember at the end of monsters inc, when they find out making kids laugh makes more energy Mike becomes the top monster, ultimately proving the system was wrong and mike was right
The system was not exactly wrong. More like it showed that Mike's ways actually benefit their society better than the traditional belief.
It’s his niche.
I remember when I first saw this in theaters when I was younger. Although the movie was just mildly decent and forgettable, the ending stuck in my memory for the rest of my life. Because no other kid's movie that I had ever watched let the main characters *fail* at their big dream - much less manage to still put a hopeful spin on it. It's something special I've carried in my head since then.
its because this is the one movie thats says maybe being yourself isnt enough at a time when every movie said to be yourself
thats why this is memorable and kinda better
@@r0cketm4n34 I don't understand the "maybe being yourself isn't enough", can you explain that please?
@@feliperoa5821 that "just being yourself" isn't enough to achieve your dreams. you won't always get what you want by just being yourself, and that's okay. it's life, but instead of wallowing in self pity or giving up, you reroute and pursue something else that better suits who you are. "maybe being yourself isn't enough" doesn't mean that who are isn't worthy of respect, support, and acceptance in this context.
@@aryuhs thanks
It’s a Pixar thing they call “Rolling Stones” ending, referencing a song of theirs that says “you can’t always get what you want”.
The characters tend to fail at what they’re trying to do: Mike and Sulley don’t save the scare industry, Lightning McQueen doesn’t win the Piston Cup, Carl Fredricksen never makes it to Paradise Falls and Miguel Rivera’s idol is a jerk.
And yet they’re still happy.
I really feel a connection with Sullys character. I grew up “gifted” and “talented.” I have an above average iq and an ability to quickly process and understand information. But that meant I never learned how to study, how to work consistently, and how to deal with failure. I would work till 3am, sobbing over some geometry homework I just couldn’t figure out. I’d spend three times as long studying for a test than my friends because I didn’t know how to study efficiently. And I did it all in secret. I was scared that if people found out I wasn’t as smart, as confident or as “gifted” as they thought that I was a failure. Now I have lasting anxiety and negative associations with many events in my life because of it. Also, kids are awful. They poke and prod at you and nit pick everything about you. So every little mistake was brought to my attention. Anyways, I’m rambling. Stay safe reader ❤️
Edit: spelling
Absolutely relatable. When I was younger, they took the “academically and intellectually gifted” to their own “class” twice a week to make paper airplanes and marshmallow forts (me being one of them). The only thing it taught me was that the education system relishes in the reinforcement of social hierarchy’s related to the students perception of their own and others academic talent. It’s sickening. Hope you’re having a nice day!
Same.
Ever since the COVID pandemic, I turned from a smart kid to a teenage burnout. It made me sad thinking about 'instead of being better because I'm growing, I became worse.'
I was pretty open with the fact that I lost my talents to my family, friends and even classmates I didn't interact with very much.
Being open with my feelings made me feel better now. I don't feel inhibited, I now feel free.
Its all about avoiding figuring out information at the half way and starting by the very basics of the topic instead, thats how everybody else do it. Not forcing you to suddenly decode unknow info just by over-analizying it along one n half hour.
Holy frick that's me. Everyone always had high expectations of me in school because I was born with an above average I.Q, ability to quickly process and understand information and all that stuff, but in the end I don't know how I actually graduated in high school since I was always lazy and only caring about playing videogames and get any job that's not a normal one like law and medical stuff. Now I'm 19, unemployed, still poor like when I was a kid and wanting recognition for my intellectual competency which I do get but never feeling like it's enough.
I initially didn't read it as a metaphor for disability, but I loved how it didn't end with the perfect wrap up. Mike had to find a different way to reach a goal similar to his original one. It's something realistic many of us do. On a side note, I personally never liked the term "neurodivergent". I feel like it sugar coats my struggle, not that I bar others from using it.
i still think its a good blanket term and i like to use it for myself personally, mostly because i lived my entire life KNOWING i was different from everyone else but not knowing WHY. i think its a fine identity and i dont think it sugar coats anything, i kinda see it as saying “someone with brown hair is a brunette,” yknow? i think it just is what it is, with a different way to say it that isnt as complex and hard to say in a conversation. you ARE different if youre neutodivergent, and thats all that its saying, i think
Idk I am autistic and I like the term because it clearly describes that my mind works in a contrary or alternative way than normatives
@@tmlawson751 autistic is what you personally are, I think neurodivergent is meant to be the catch-all term for people with any number of conditions (mental health disorders, learning disorders, autism spectrum, etc). I like the term because it allows people to say "neurotypical"/"neurodivergent" instead of something less affirming like "normal"/"not normal"
I've been using neuroatypical for myself, and I never considered that it might be bad to say I'm abnormal. My entire childhood and most of my previous adult life I was forced to attempt to perform by normal standards, and that always reflected poorly on me. Calling myself not normal without being apologetic about it, is kind of my way to rebel against the notion that I have to be normal, I guess.
This video made me cry. I realized I'm a Sullivan. I grew up never studying, and getting good grades. This past year, I graduated from high school without cracking open a textbook once. And now that it's time for college, I'm... not ready. I'm not okay. I sit there seeing other people do assignments that are thrown at them, and I know I would have a mental breakdown with that amount of work. I've been beating myself up over this for months. I called myself a failure for taking a gap year, and then even more so for deciding not to go to college. But something this video helped me realize, is that even with my ADHD and Anxiety, I can still do things. I can find a way. I don't need to go to college to be successful. Will I have to work hard? Hell yes. Will it be easier than college? For me, yes. I realized that college was the hard part. It's the grades and the assignments, and the professors. I can do fine work when I'm not rushed and graded. I can do this. I can become a Computer Programmer without some fancy paper. Thank you for helping me realize this. Thank you for taking the time to make this video, and thank you for making me cry over it. I will always come back to this when I need to remember that I am not a failure for taking alternative routes.
I relate to this to a T ...all I can tell you is that we can re-learn those skills everyone gets into college with... Took me about 3 years to even begin to make progress.. but it's doable.. the combo of ADHD and anxiety are truly a bitch ;-;
I grew up like Mike sadly I just got into college but barely I barely passed because off my mental disorder but it's decent I guess it sucks and sometimes it bothers me but I'm glad that I got into college
this comment hits so close to home. For the past year I've been trying to figure out if i can go to college when atm I can't even bring myself to learn how to drive... My mom wants me to, bless her, but I genuinely don't think I can handle everything if i go. I have gotten college levels on my SATs already. But I don't think I can handle actual college, because of how it's structured, even online.. I'll break. I'm 90% sure it would be a waste of money and time but there's that nagging that I should go anyways.
@@squishish that's exactly how I felt and I have really severe adhd I promise u that u will be able to do it but u gotta trust urself and use alarms to help u also I'm behind on modt off my college work but I'm glad I'm at college and although it's really tough in college it's still worth the try I'm sure u can do it but don't give up 🤍
@@ayla2316 I just don't think I can, or should. Luckily I'm going into a field where degrees aren't important, as much as your portfolio of work, so that's comforting. I'm just struggling to live at this point and I don't think I should add college onto that. :( Even though I'd like to learn more about what I want to do... I just don't think it's safe for me. Thank you though.
Fellow autistic here and you've hit the nail right on the head. At school I was bullied relentlessly due to my lack of social skills and my logical thinking; why muck around and disrupt everyone elses lessons at school when it was important to pass? I got top scores and dreamed of being a teacher. Went to college and passed all the paperwork with ease and was great at working one on one or in a small group but a room full of kids? Couldn't do it. Tried so hard to keep it together and not get overwhelmed by noise and other stuff going on but couldn't. Finished my course and ended up in hospital for surgery and over the years I've become physically disabled as well. However, I may not have the career I dreamed of, but I achieved everything I have that I didn't know I needed. I have my own house, married, worked until I became too sick and now technically work using my autism superpower with music so while I may not have got what I wanted, I've ended up with what I needed and this movie could be telling that story. Do I regret not being a teacher? Sometimes. Would I change what I have now? Not for anything. 😀
I had an English teacher in high school who proposed that we start grading the span of an individual's improvement rather than just how high a score you can initially get on a test/ability to memorize information/etc.
Then the school system wouldn't be so focused on students who get straight As because they are are potentially just "gifted" or "naturally skilled/talented" at something. Those kids would have to work hard to constantly improve their skills, too.
Not sure how this would work in practice, but I think it sounds like a good idea at first glance.
Honestly that sounds amazing
It is a good idea, but there is a downside to it. The kids who barely work hard or don’t care about their work will take advantage of this benefit and then get into a highly educated university for extremely smart students. Then, all those people will drop out because of the difficulty of the course. Additionally, this method will not motivate and stress the other students for them to become what they want to be in the future. It will potentially ruin the society, in that case.
omgsicle yeah, but on the other hand on hiring for a job it would be better to see how good you are rather than if you are approving or not.
Plus people who make A’s constantly would have horrible grades no matter how much they try.
I disagree with the it rewords the lazy though because they would still have to get better and better rather than making the same bad grades.
This sounds great in theory, but I don’t think it would work out much too much in real life.
One of my old gym teachers did that in PE since not all the kids are fit.
JRBE the problem in here is that she said anything that’s related to your academic activities, not physical. If you have like asthma or broken legs, that’s reasonable, but for a person that slacks off or not a good reason to not do it, then there shall be no excuses in that case, whether if you’re fat or depressed, something like that.
I’ve been told that “Autism is a Talent”. That’s a bunch of bullshit. I considered it a burden, because it impaired most of my skills and made things 25 times harder. So that’s why most “disabled” characters grind my gears. I feel NO relation or sympathy in any sort of way.
EDIT: I had no idea this would happen, thank you everyone for sharing their opinions about such matters.
Same bro.
"haha you sound so smart... I bet you work 25h a day to learn all that"... No.. my attention span is fucked.. I'm either too focused or unable to for days..
"you're so funny! i wish i was spontaneous like that"
adhd makes words fall out of my mouth when I think they're halfway acceptable. If they're not I hold them in my head and they bounce around and I lose all track of our conversation until I think of a good response and an opening for it. Half of my jokes are just my honest thoughts or my brain pulling funny things out of a string of collided and unorganized thoughts that just fall out at any opportune time, presented as a joke. It's not a superpower, I wish I could shut the fuck up sometimes. Having social anxiety and constantly having to fill in conversations so they don't end because I literally can't fucking shut up is so exhausting.
dk why i wrote this, thanks for reading. Anyone who reads this: You are valid, and if you struggle with being seen as "special" or "exceptional" when you're actually severely struggling or uncomfortable, I understand and I love you. We got this.
Yeah
@@bobREALOG god damn it
Huh, I'm disabled but I've never even thought about these movies like that.
It's alright some people over think
Same, but I love watching these kinds of videos so I can see what I missed lol
Same
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Funny thing, I've actually experienced both sides of this! I'm blind, but I was still considered a gifted student in elementary school back then assignments were easy and Braille wasn't that much harder but as I got older I moved into high school and the modern age advance technology and a lot of things suddenly made everything more difficult, it became a lot harder to be gifted, it became a lot harder to keep up with my school work to not fail, and it became a lot harder to exist in the system as a blind person when the world has stopped caring about blind people so I've been the gifted student who stopped being gifted and became anxious and I've been the disabled person who has to struggle against the system and fight to make their place in the world
I'm sorry to hear that the system completely dropped the ball with you, that sucks.
@@r.j.penfold yeah, not fun
Thank you though :)
I'm sorry to hear that too, Forgive me if I'm being rude I'm just curious about how do you write comments on Social Media if cannot see them?
@@samantha2254 so this may come as a shock but there are in fact your other senses besides site in the world
@@samantha2254 oh there's actually a blind surfer on YT named Pete and he wasn't born blind so he basically trained himself for when he would and he memorized keyboard placement and stuff. Plus I remember a friend of my dad's who had a computer that would announce what letters were pressed. And I think you could put braille on a keyboard too
“Gifted kids don’t get good habits and get anxiety from that” - im in this picture and I don’t like it
Same-
I remember being care-free about my academics and still getting into the top 10 (or even top 5 or 3) of my batch when I was elementary. Then I went to a prestigious science high school where everyone is among the top of their schools too. Surprise surprise I feel so below-average now, anxious, and grades falling like how tears run down my cheeks :,)
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@@hugnboba I know this is serious but your pfp just fits your comment XD
This film gave me unrealistic expectations of college when I was younger. I thought there would be these big cliques, campus drama, and big ass classrooms with huge diversity. Now I realize everyone just wants to be left alone.
Bruh what are you talking about? "When you were younger" lol it only came out **checks** .....seven years ago. Fuck.
@@ShaunDreclin I was 12 when this movie came out, prime target audience for a kid's movie. Now I'm 19 and have friends my age who have already moved out and gotten stable jobs. Time flies.
i never even thought of sully as the gifted kid, but yeah, that's me. i got great grades without studying and, turns out, it's cuz i have adhd and was just good at compartmentalizing. I do not know how to study. I never learned how to research well. I have a really really hard time sustaining effort over a long period of time (a necessary life skill) because i never had to. It's debilitating. But i show up everyday and get good grades and watch my friends struggle because they're wired differently and it hurts because i don't deserve to be top of my class, i don't put in the time or effort when they do.
school is such a flawed way to give people value. my best friends struggle because they aren't neurotypical and the school system marks them as flawed, but i would be dead without them. your disability is your set of tools with which to face the world. there are people who will love you because of your special interests and who will be accomodating for your needs because they love you. you can't fix a leaky faucet with a flamethrower, but you can make some kickass smores.
i hope this made sense. great video.
Edit: thanks for all of your replies to this. It's awesome to know I'm not alone. If you related to this, i would recommend getting a psychiatrist and looking into adhd or something like that as a diagnosis, or at least paying attention to your mental health and how it affects your study habits. It's really liberating to be able to put a name to those feelings and take steps to address them. I wish you all the best, stay safe💕
dang I was worried the only one who got good grades without trying, but can’t study or research well at all. Should I be worried I have adhd or something else??
@@reagan5189 if you have a therapist, it's a good thing to look into. there are other disorders that overlap with the symptoms of adhd and there are other causes, but i'd definitely recommend looking into getting tested. look at the dsm-5's symptom list and see if you meet the criteria. it could also just be that you need to practice studying, lol
good luck to you
my ADD didn't even give me the benefit of good grades. to some extent I was kinda lucky on some stuff, but for the most part, I was just a bad student. and that's because being a "student" in the context of a school setting is different than being someone who learns a lot from life and living. I can't do research. I can't study. I never once remembered the proper formatting for an academic paper without having to research what to do with my research, which I already found nearly impossible. rote memorization is my worst enemy. but since exiting school, I've basically built my life so that I won't have to struggle so much with those things. and one of the most baffling parts about school to me was the idea that you have to cultivate _every single skill_ totally independently. I couldn't ask the person next to me for help during a test, but why not? logically, I understand that the teacher was trying to figure out what I alone had in my own head. but if I didn't have enough in there, the punishment had such a devastating effect as it radiated through the rest of my life at the time... and my parents weren't even bad. they were just appropriately concerned about why their kid wasn't absorbing the information they needed. but for all my teachers' attempts to figure out what I really knew, independent of any outside factors... I'd end up cheating anyway. when you're that scared of the consequences, you find whatever solution works. and in that sense, it didn't matter _how_ the right answers ended up on the paper, as long as enough of them did. finding ways to convincingly fake it... that was what I mainly learned. that was my own personal priority, and now, none of it matters at all. things feel better these days, but man... I will never forget how bad things could feel back then. failure was never what really hurt me. it was the thought of letting other people down, or making them angry. the idea that they'd think I was dismissing them because I just didn't care enough to pay attention. I worried that they'd feel like they were wasting their time on me, and I couldn't tell if I was more afraid that they'd cast me aside, or keep trying to drill things into my head. continuing to try felt awful. giving up felt awful. there was nothing to do about it but get older. and once I was old enough to get away from it all, I had no desire to look back on the academic part of my schooling.
blinkfilms1 I don’t have a therapist as of now, (past experiences weren’t that great) but once this whole quarantine thing is over, I do want to look into it. Thank you for the help, hope you are doing well.
Oh my God, this is EXACTLY how I was like in school. And then university happened, and I had to research and find information on my own, and I felt completely out of my depth. Also your phrase about the flamethrower is perfect, thank you for sharing that.
I remember seeing this in the theatres and crying at the scene by the lake, I related to Mike so much. I put so much effort into my medical school applications and didn’t make it but saw so many of my peers sail into my dream when I had spent upwards of 15 hours a day preparing for exams. The film helped me contend with the idea that it might be okay to work in a parallel occupation, that I could still work in health and be an asset wherever I went as I struggled with my illness.
Eventually I made it in on my 4th application, I am a doctor now. This year I was forced to take leave because of the same illness that held me back originally so I am currently faced with the reality I may not be able to work in clinical medicine anymore. I recently finished a master of public health and your video has helped me remember I’ll be okay no matter where I work. I am not my ‘defect’, I am a worthy human being no matter what.
I saw this movie after I was rejected from the collage I wanted to go for like forever. Man, I was depressed. For the first time in my life I didn't have a plan, I didn't know what to do. And the then this movie happened and I'm forever thankful for its existence. It showed me that there are many paths to the same goal and it's ok to suck sometimes. It's actually the first kids movie showing that 'if you try hard enough you will get it' is a bullshit, because sometimes there are factors you can't control. You can't be an pilot with colourblindness but you can still build planes.
me, a person with adhd, now realizing why I really loved and related to this films so hard when everyone else thought it was mediocre
Who thought it was mediocre?
@@tumultuousv the people this person made up on the spot
@@tumultuousv a decent amount of youtubers made videos on it being boring when it came out
@@Average-Cacodemon-Enjoyer someone wasn't paying attention 🤡
My disability is physical. It's hard for me to walk, and it's even harder for me to keep my body from breaking down because it's too frail to handle the amount of workload one is required to complete, and sometimes, even day to day activities. I try to pretend that I am integrated into the rest of the society, but at the same time I know that I just -can't- do some things most people normally do. I can't go out and socialize with people ""properly"", because again, this is hard and painful. If not for the Internet giving me an alternative to reach out, I wouldn't have even lasted this long. It doesn't make me "unique", it doesn't make me "special", it doesn't make me "differently abled" (powers I HATE this expression). It simply makes my life much, much harder.
I always drove myself to the brink of exhaustion just to hold up that straight A grade back in school, and I'm still driving myself right now, in the university, just to not get buried under the pile of assignments and expectations and at the same time do them "well enough" to get a grade that would be able to, in my mind, to help make my future less shit than it's settled to be. It's hard, painfully hard to play catch up with the healthy kids and try to do the amount of work and THEN some while operating with a huge set of drawbacks, but I'm terrified of being exiled back to my small hometown and locked at home. I feel like I have to work 300% as hard, because giving up would be worse than death.
I want to hope that someday I will find my place in the world, but as years go by, I just get more scared. ...Then I shove that thought into the farthest reaches of my mind and set off for another all-nighter because a small pile of homework is due soon. An eternal cycle.
just a like isnt enough for me to emote how much i love this comment
I admire you, I can only dream of having the same drive and strength. You are wonderful, and your efforts don't go unnoticed. You are the kind that inspires others to never give up, and this is a power only few possess.
I never had the energy to go through with all my schoolwork. I just fell behind and I’m still wayyyyy behind now. I can’t make myself do anything anymore, it seems.
I took half a adderall pill and OMG, so focused, working on assignments felt like a breeze, super calm, acted very nice, not addicted or anything. Usually I’d take all day to read the chapters and do the assignment, was not bad at all
Oh ya usually my motto is “I’ve always had to work harder than everyone else” to lift me up so I could work 10am to 11pm, Jesus I wish there was a manual to get through all this
I haven't seen Monsters U since it came out in theaters, but from the clips you've shown, it seems like Sully has ADHD.
He comes to school on his first day unprepared and this is viewed as him not caring about school (even though later scenes seem to contradict that). He did super well in high school and before and was a 'gifted' student, but struggles in college now. He feels a pressure to meet the expectations set by others (including his family), and feels like these expectations are impossible, but feels an almost life or death need to meet them lest he be exposed as the imposter he feels like he is.
Like. I didn't pick up on any of this as a child because I was 1) a child and 2) hadn't been diagnosed with ADHD yet, but Sully's story feels like a carbon copy of mine. Down to forgetting to bring a pencil to class. I felt so much shame that I had to ask to borrow one because I was a Good Student and Good Students didn't just NOT bring a pencil to class. Only Bad Students do that.
I think Sully ALSO being disabled, but in a way less visible way adds an extra dimension to the story. Not only does Mike find a way to do what he loves while also working with his disability, but Sully learns that asking for help doesn't make him weak or lesser than other (ie. neurotypical) monsters. I think it's especially powerful because ADHDers have a uniquely difficult time asking for help. The shame makes our struggles something that we feel like we need to hide for fear that other people will make fun of us and look down on us. Having a story with an ADHD character where they ask for help and everyone goes "well yeah! You can't do EVERYTHING by yourself" is so heartwarming.
I need to watch this movie again. I only saw it once.
When you talked about "gifted kids" it really hit home for me. I used to be considered a gifted kid and was always on top of my classes but as I've gotten older I get burned out more easily and feel like my life is slipping so fast away from me. I feel like I'm not doing everything I can be, even if I've done all I can. If I don't succeed in something, I feel like I'm an imposter and can't do anything right. I just don't know how to be satisfied with myself. I feel like I've grown a lot from that though, and have gotten better at managing my expectations and practicing self care.
Wonderful video, by the way! Very fascinating!
Movies that just say "you can do anything you set you're mind to!" and other forcefully positive messages--not only are these naive; ironically, they're actually more depressing. You CAN'T do anything you set your mind to, so in the long run thinking that way is only setting you up for heartache. You can find happiness, but it might not be the way you planned or expected. Getting the hang of how to be flexible while still pursuing your dreams is an essential life skill. I don't know why we act like kids are too young to learn these things. How is learning a lie better?
I agree because then kids who have that mind set and keep failing will probably think like everyone else says just set your mind to it and they succeed so why am i still failing and it will probably make them fell lesser than other people right
I agree but i also disagree. You can do anything you set your mind if 1. You put the effort in too be capable of doing it and 2. It’s not too Ludacris of an idea. Of course someone with a hunched back wont be able too become a pilot, their are just too many obstacles in your path, but that doesn’t mean there is another goal that you can do if you set your mind too it and put the effort in for it.
Ludacris 😐
DrippedDrop you said it yourself: there ARE things that, no matter how hard you try, you will never achieve. Once you have given it all, I think it’s just to give up and focus on something else. It does not mean you didn’t try hard enough, it just means you were not fit and that’s okay.
Nat M agreed.
The ending of this movie really hit me like a ton of bricks when I saw as a college student. You really hit this one out of the park
Thank you Tennelle! ;W;
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Coming back to this a year later after receiving an ADHD diagnosis (and beginning the autism diagnosis process), and I just wanted to say thank you for making this video. It is beautifully explained and completely shifted how I see Monsters University. I never really understood the message when I watched the movie as a kid, but now it stands out to me as being one of the most meaningful that I’ve ever seen in a Disney film.
I remember dismissing this film so many times as a kid because of how I thought of how it went against the line "You've been jealous of my good looks since the first grade pal", that and seeing a deleted scene of them meeting when they were young. But after seeing it a few times I managed to see why it was even made, to heighten the conflict of the first film, the conflict of walking away from everything you've worked for. Mike wants to get rid of Boo so quickly because he's afraid that everything he and Sully worked for will be taken away from them.
I couldn't help but relate to Mike even harder after seeing this film.
I used to hate Mike in the first movie but it just works with this film as a companion
I thought it was 4th Grade. But I'm not American, I don't know school terms to ages.
Also at the start of the PS1 game Mike's freaking out briefly and Sully goes "Remember what happened on our first day of college?"
"Oh, don't remind me!"
Uhh....!
Mike doesn't get much atention in the first film, since it's Sully's movie, but watching it after watching University adds a lot to it! You understand his motives better and the ending, that before was just a gag, becomes extremely satisfactory.
When I I was in Elementary, middle and high school I thought I was a gifted kid, my mom always bragged about it (though she never praised me, in fact she'd always put me down, idk why). During my childhood I had really hardcore depression develop, but since I never acted anxious (in fact I'm one of the most naturally relaxed people I know) I was perceived as normal. I was used to the work load, I was a bit of a teacher's pet, but I grew kind of dead inside. I was really repressed, and my anger would explode out of me, and even though I was great socially and in school, I always had a lot of self hate, but the repression never made me share that. I always acted super over confident, so my whole family, and most of my friends thought I had above average self-esteem. Then I went to college, and the work load changed, and my depression got worse. I started failing, and I refused to put in the work because I felt like I shouldn't have to. In some weird way I thought if I tried and failed it would speak worse of me then if I didn't try at all. During this time I had multiple suicide attempts, I also come from a really poor family so I felt a lot of pressure not to screw up my chance at college. After each failed test, or essay, or class, my grades would drop again as I grew more depressed. It was a vicious cycle. After a lot of therapy, and finding the right medication, I decided to take time off of school, and come back after working more. I figured it would help me learn more responsibility, and would help with my confidence, and not to mention save money. Turns out this was the right move, when I came back to school I was in way better condition. Anyway when I saw this movie in theaters I was just starting to fall into the depth of my depression, and I remember loving this movie and connecting with sully in a way I hadn't in the first. And to be honest the idea that even if you fail there is still a chance you can succeed in a different way, that college isn't the only way to success was really comforting to me. And if you're going through a similar time, know there are more options than you feel you have, and people who are capable of understanding and helping you.
Your story is so relateable thank you!
I find myself relating to so many aspects of your story. I'm still not through my journey though. I just started university and I've noticed started relapsing into how I used to be back when I was living with my parents: unmotivated, emotionally numb, with time loosing all meaning. Luckily I've had one or two years of therapy in highschool and I now have friends so I can recognize this as not normal and not ok and something I should work on.
I find videos and comments like this so important to me as they helps break that emotional monotony, it helps me feel something, it allows me to put my experiences into perspective, and it helps me recognize that some of the things I experience and feel are not something I should just "deal with" and accept. Seeing and hearing of the experiences of other gifted or autistic people is particularly helpful.
Things are not great but I think I'm inproving.
Thank you for sharing, I couldn't agree more with the whole grade and motivation predicament. Whenever I tried to get back up this semester, a midterm would pop up around the corner and smack me back down. Whenever it came to homework or even emailing my teachers about how I've been struggling I needed to get it done right instead of on time, but I eventually got overwhelmed to the point where I couldn't sleep until I felt numb and I ran out of time regardless.
I feel like My Hero Academia had the potential to go down the same path if they'd allowed Midoriya to remain quirkless. When I first started the series I didn't know he would be handed super powers by his idol and I imagined him making a career alongside the heroes by using his analytical abilities.
When the concept of the Support Department was introduced I remember thinking "Damn, if Midoriya was still quirkless that's where he would be. And he would do amazing things."
That was actually the original concept for the manga! (quirkless boy builds support items) It's interesting how the story changed
A lot of the fandom agrees with you, and there are so so many fics, AUs and other content about it. Search the tag "Izuku Midoriya does not have a quirk" on ao3
One thing I wish they do in MHA is abolish the "Hero Ranking" system that their society has. Because imagine having an amazing superpower and using it to help others to the best of your ability only for some other dude to take the #1 spot all because he has a nice smile (I'm not referring to All Might when I bring up "nice smile", I was using a random example). Endeavor became a bad husband and father all because he wanted to be #1. So of there was no ranking system, then some characters might've turned out better.
It's still not perfect, but I feel Black Clover does a little better job at that if you haven't checked that out!
Honestly Deku could’ve been a master mind he actually is with his book with everyone’s powers and everything and he doesn’t need a quirk
this video essay is written so damn well i almost cried WTF curse u monsters university i never realised how heartwarming it was until now
It always surprised me how so many people saw this film as a dumb '90s college movie. Don't get me wrong, it absolutely is... but the allegory of disability was always so obvious to me, I couldn't understand how most people didn't see it. The first time I saw this movie, I vividly remember feeling bad for the slug character and thinking of accommodations he could have received. Of course my hypersensitive ass projected real character and struggle onto a throwaway gag, and of course that stuck with me for a long time, LMAO. Thanks for the video essay, Rab!! Hope you're enjoying quarantine 🥴
>"of course my hypersensitive ass projected real character and struggle onto a throwaway gag, and of course that stuck with me for a long time"
shit man I'm gonna cry, I thought I was the only one who did that.
same, my hypersensitive ass was so sad for him that i couldn't end the movie on a good note
I do that all the time, lol.
You should Google what allegory means... That movie is not very good. If you see a unicorn in the tea leaves, good for you. Still not allegory still poorly made.
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Buddy, a movie doesn't have to be _good_ to be good, and it really fucking sucks that we have to settle for B- movies or less for the representation we crave, but it's what we have to do. Until people realize that there _are_ people out there who want to see the disabled one fail in their dreams, or whatever situation is in the badly written movie, it's going to continue to just be "well guess that movie flopped, not going to write that plot again."
i have a disability and whenever movies go with the “cure” narrative or “beautiful” narrative it actually hurts because there’s so many disabilities that can’t be magically cured, there’s so many kids with disabilities that they will have for their entire life. how seeing a character gets rid of their disability will help me and other disabled kids if that’s not what actually happen, if we can’t “cure” our disability or even in some parts make it “weaker”?
and the beautiful - i understand loving yourself and accepting yourself, but disabilities are not “wings under our skin” which turn out to be beautiful (and also “cure” us in some ways”, it’s real tough struggles that aren’t beautiful and anyone with disabilities can say it.
i think the best disability we could have is like toph in atla - her disability doesn’t get cured and isn’t portrayed as something beautiful, but it is gives her pros in some ways (her being able to be an extra good earth bender) and cons, some of which are very simple to the other characters. but not once is she portrayed as someone who is weak nor someone who needs to be cured.
As a disabled person on my eyes felt so so seen (ha ha) by Toph! In general ALTA writer knew very well how to write disabilities like for example the minor character Theo and his flying chair.
I am curious what do you think about Nemo and his fish mentor Gill. Are they a good representation?
@@hassanalkhalaf1115 I only have experience with an "invisible disability" (autism), but I felt that Nemo was good representation, in the sense that I feel this constant need to prove that "I can do it." And sometimes it leads me to make reckless decisions, like Nemo. You can see in the movie that he's not just being rebellious; he feels like his Dad doesn't believe in him and he wants to prove himself, so he acts out by swimming out to sea. When I was reckless as a teenager it was always for that reason. I wanted to prove to myself that I was capable.
Toph is the joy of being accommodated, not being fixed and I love it. Just like how Mike's story is about keeping going with the support of others even after you've failed.
As someone who is Wheelchair bound most of the time (I can walk short distances,) and suffer from many invisible disabilities? This. ALL OF THIS. My shit can't be cured, and I'm sick of movies going "oh, if you just TRY HARD ENOUGH it'll be okay!" Look, If I _try hard enough_ to climb that flight of stairs, I'm going to the hospital. Stop telling me to "try harder." My knee muscles are not going to magically grow back, and it gives a lot of kids AND adults, false hope. Rather than push the narrative of "try harder," I wish they'd go with "Try something else." Sure, I can't climb stairs, but I can draw way better than anyone else in my house! I know those two don't correlate, but I have something else that others don't, and that's what important. I really like the message this creator pushes. It's really good, and i wish more films would follow the narrative.
@@BeckyNosferatu YES YES EXACTLY
I have a physical disability myself. I’m wheelchair bound because I was born 28 weeks before I was supposed to. Cerebral palsy. I really felt this video. I’ve failed in my separate dreams several times, and people constantly pity me and think I can’t do anything on my own. I understand, thank you. Thank you so much.
Being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult really showed me why I loved this movie as a kid, so much so that I saw it 3 times in theaters. Mike wanting to be like everybody else and fit in but not understanding why he can't just be like everybody else resonated with me, I just didn't understand it yet. His monologue leading into the final act of the film broke my heart then and now
I was wondering if you were gonna get to the slug guy who was "too slow" to make it to class on time as a clear example of a lack of accommodation, and how it was essentially played for laughs. I know it was a joke, but I remember feeling so bad for the guy.
I mean, i thought it sounded like a legit theory. Idk why everyone started laughing at the poor dude.
@@coal1818 Yeah, it wasn't in this video but I'm hoping she'll make a follow up to that, because it was a pretty off putting joke in the movie for me.
It's important to not take everything in the movie as a disability allegory. The joke is that the monster was a slug. Slugs are slow no matter what. Therefore, if a slug went to school, he would get to class late. It's not meant to be an allegory, just an animal joke.
@@powerdj4590 No, I get that. I know it wasn't meant to be cruel or comment on human beings. It just stuck out to me as "Wow, poor guy."
I highly doubt that was meant to be a disability allegory. And if it was, let's look at it at it in a real life situation. I say somebody was truly physically too slow to make it to their class. Now this might be a rare situation for our school to deal with let alone accommodate four. So this might not be something at the top of their priority to take into consideration. Now the only sudden happened to get a student there with the same condition, again if they don't understand that student as a condition they can't really accommodate for it. And I think at that point it will be a little bit up to the students or the parent assuming this wasn't a college like Monsters University, to make that no and announced. Now it's afterwards they still refuse to help you or take her condition into consideration they may be asked for that, but I would argue they're technically not obligated to accommodate you for your situation. This is a weird situation they probably would have never expected to deal with. If you know yourself this is going to be a issue, it's up to you to accommodate your stuff. Again assuming this was a disability allegory and looking at it with a real-life perspective on disabilities.
And before anybody tries to say that I'm a jackass for saying the disable should be accountable for themselves, first of all looking at the situation of whether or not they've ever dealt with this in the first place. If they don't know how can they help you. Third of all, I'm speaking as one with a disability. As someone who's on the autistic Spectrum, if somebody doesn't understand my disability and my situation I don't ever fucking expect them to accommodate for me because they don't know what it is or how to accommodate for it. So it would be unfair for me to expect them to do so. They don't understand that they don't understand how to go about accommodating it even if they didn't want to. So it shouldn't ever be expected in my opinion. For somebody who has autism, I don't expect everybody and they mama to know about it. Unless they dealt with it themselves whether they have it or somebody they know and love has it, they're most likely not going to be seeking That information in the first place.
and if they don't have the proper information to understand how can they ever accommodate. Especially if I the students who has this situation at school did not make it very clear to the school. Now if they have no situation to where they can't help me Oh, then I have to accommodate myself.
and if I knew this was going to be an issue then I should have been accommodating myself to begin with before even getting to school. And even if my only ways to accommodate for myself is to make it clear to the school so they can help accommodate for me, then I should do so and make it easier on me as well as to school. For a smoother transition and better accommodations.
If you just expect the school to start immediately accommodating for something they never had to deal with before and don't probably give him a warning ahead of time then it's going to be harder for them to accommodate. Now if they don't care or choose to ignore your condition than all I can tell you is go to a different school. If you're stuck at that school for financial reasons oh well, you're stuck there playing by the rules if it's unfair or not.
And you would make him cry about how it's not fair all we want. Life isn't fair. And it's hard to accommodate for everybody. Especially if they don't understand your condition in your situation. And speaking from somebody who has a disability that people hear about all the time but very rarely ever understand, I don't ever expect somebody to even so much as understand it because they don't understand it, I don't ever expect them to a accommodate me. And they're probably not Obligated to do so anyways. Even more of a reason why I shouldn't expect it or tremendous. Unless they're in a position where they would probably have to accommodate for you, they're most likely not going to give a fuck about you cuz you're nothing to them just like you don't give a fuck about them cuz they're nothing to you. You're not obligated to care about Nor accommodate them and the same thing vice-versa.
And again before you try to say that isn't fair, life isn't fair. Everybody's got their own things and their own problems. They're not obligated to understand nor accommodate yours. Just like you're not obligated to understand and accommodate their problems. So you don't ever expect it nor do you ever demand it.
Those who mind their own business got their own business to deal with. So you should always do the same. They probably don't have the time nor the room in their life to accommodate for you just like you probably don't for them. So why would you ever expect it. The only one what can I accommodate for you and your situations and your problems is you. Speaking from personal experience