[quote="Flip_FTW"]I''m 22 years old. That means I'm at the point of my life where NOBODY cares what your favorite film is any more. In school you would get jokes about it because it's how the popular kid stays popular... It's your choice to rise above it and continue to be happy with who you are anyway.
In the real world though, that doesn't happen. Why? Because everyone is so busy living their own life and figuring out who they are to really care enough about your interests to say anything.
I got a few jokes in school for liking Kingdom Hearts yeah (my "friends" at the time) but then in the real world I can walk around with a Keyblade necklace proudly on display and how many people care? None. Everyone is so concerned with their own lifestyle and their own choices to care about anyone who has differing tastes to them.
Therefore it stands to reason that the only way to make friends, is to be as completely honest about yourself and your interests as you can. I don't mean go and proclaim your love for TLK from the top of the Willis Tower, I mean to be comfortable with being able to say "The Lion King" when asked what your favorite movie is.
And this applies to pretty much everything in life as well. In school how many people would have called me a freak if they found out I liked tarantulas and had one? A lot (I didn't know that about myself at the time but it still WOULD have gone down like that) and how many people have said anything to it about me as an adult? Zero. They just say "Ewww, not for me" and then it's back to worrying about their own life again.
BUT I have met people who share that same interest or (like Shadowfax) accept and appreciate that about me and it's those kinds of people who will be your true friends in life. So the more real and transparent you can be about what you are into, the more real friends you make, the happier you will be in the long run. Don't force it on other people, just be transparent about it.
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This, I agree with.
But, it's a bit different when your own parents have specifically teased other people not for
liking Disney movies, but for
watching Disney movies. I'm the only person in my family who
can sit down and watch things that are for kids (as long as they're well-written).
I mean, I'll put it this way: my mom had to watch TLK once for one of her classes, and she told me it was stupid and she hated it. Now, she's either in denial, like I was, or she has completely different tastes than I do. Considering that when I was a kid, she never watched any kids movies with us, I'm going to assume that the latter is true.
Quite honestly, I know my parents don't really care. If I told them how much I like TLK, they'd think I'm crazy, but that's about it. It's not like I'm ashamed of it at all, or anything. I just see no reason to bring the topic up, because I don't want to start that "it's not for kids" argument. I simply don't find it necessary to tell everyone about everything that I like.
My parents don't know that I watch MLP, Breaking Bad, South Park, or Star Trek, for that matter. It's not like this is exclusive to TLK. I'm almost twenty years old. If I want to watch something, I can just do it. I don't need to tell my parents everything that I do; they're pretty apathetic in that respect.
With my friends, I'm much more open about it. I have no problem telling people that TLK is my favorite movie, and most people outside of my family will agree that it's an awesome movie--especially for my generation, because we grew up with it.
As a side note, part of the reason why I joined this forum (initially) was so that I'd have a place to talk about TLK as much as I want. And, likewise, I wouldn't like TLK as much, to this day, if not for this forum to keep me thinking about it. So, there's also that to consider.