Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27327020-20160214162351/@comment-24972567-20160325131740

So good and so powerful yet so emotionally heavy!

I have brought myself to be ok with emotional goodbyes since Toy Story 3, but when the twins step on the bus, Mabel still says she's not ready for the unknown even after the fantasy vs. reality trial, unless what they mean by that is that anybody is always going to be nervous beforehand to entering something new, then can someone please clarify and reassure me?

Also, with the moments like when Wendy says that now Dipper and Mable are "technically teens" and that it's now "non-stop angst" or whatever, is that supposed to be humour through exaggeration or are they trying to make it sound like growing up is all bad with only cons and no pros? Considering Wendy doesn't seem miserable through the majority of the series and has good friends, even if that is just during the summer.

Even if Dipper and Mable state that even if they are moving on to high school, they won't be growing up too much, it seems to me like the final note of the series is that they're moving on to high school, all of their piers are going to turn against them and in their teen years it will be nothing but angst, can anyone reassure me here? Considering that other films or programmes would teach more positive messages and that I'm sure we all know by now that growing up does have both pros and cons like most things in life

I know it's just a show, but isn't feeling for the characters and what they have to go through, during and after the events that we see, and empathising with them what getting into a film or TV show is really all about?