Who/What saved your childhood?

None taken, it's fine. Our country is thrown out of whack.

FF7, Smash Bros/Pokemon and Tonami/DBZ.
@artcellrox No Adventure Time? Damnit life must suck over there bro.

But I gotta admit ..

The only adult whoever did save my childhood was the one that had died almost 9 years ago ..

My Grandpa.

He always took me in and comforted me with his presence, I wished I didn't leave him.

I am sorry I didn't get to mention him.

Add to that the fact that internet speeds here never go above 120kbps, and usually average at around 50 or less. =-=

It's still home, of course. Wouldn't trade it for anything else.

Video games saved me.

No real issues here. I didn't know that it was the norm to not have a normal childhood.

Regardless, thanks to Dollci, I can say that the reason why is because of my parents. Kinda took the way they raised me for granted, but if it hadn't been for them I wouldn't have as many fond memories as I do.

Escapism saved me. When I wasn't playing video games I was drawing machinery that I was wishing would exist.

Yugioh Cards? Dark Magician is still my favorite. Battletanx? I would dream about a world where civilization was based on Tanks and their raw destructive power. Rogue Squadron? I would relish any way I could pilot an X-Wing and use it to absolutely ruin someone's day. It all helped me escape the miseries that were brought upon me from being my class's verbal punching bag.

It all depends on the parents and your relatives on how they wish to raise you and show you the world.

I was pretty much exposed to the dark side of life at an early age, but there were many things that kept me from thinking about it too much.

I am sure that many had some issues in their childhood, so it is pretty normal to look up to things that inspire you to look at the positive side.

Not every parent wish to grant their children a normal childhood, probably because some parents are jealous of their kids or even hate them, and possibly wish they will go through hell.
( I met people who wished ill of the younger ones based on jealousy and hatred )



So you had that issue as well?

Man I really hated that time being a punching bag for many.

( Bro hug )



In fact 80% of my life was based on domestic violence, misery, humiliation, and also being targeted by many, including teachers and school's staff mobbing me .. especially in high school.

I was a victim of many things.

So I hoped nobody went through what I went through.

Yea, I get ya. I'm not trying to say that I didn't have any issues whatsoever, but it was never anything that I feel made my childhood terrible. By the same token, I don't think I had an amazing childhood either. By that I mean that when I look back on it, I don't feel either sad about it or incredibly happy about it. It felt... average. Plain. Which might explain why I hardly ever recall any meaningful memories of it.

Which is why the first point you raise rings especially true for me. Had it not been for my parents' efforts to raise us in a decent environment despite their financial issues, I would definitely have had a worse childhood. Even now, they're still struggling, which is why I want a well-paying job after college. That way I can start repaying them for all they've done.

I guess I should fix my earlier post and say that instead. What saved my childhood was my parents and their willingness to sacrifice a lot of their lives for both my sister and I.

Books, legos and sailor moon.
Without them, I don't think I would have made it to now, or made it sane, at least.
I would submerge myself in a fantasy land to escape my troubles, or feelings. Especially since I was raised almost as an experiment, being that mother did not know what she was doing. I, admittedly did turn to harmful things to save me, but anime is one of the best choices.

The other kids felt encouraged by the fact that other than to answer questions from the teacher, I was a mute. They thought that meant I don't fight back. Most of the time, they were right thanks to my mother bringing me up to ignore assholes. So, it's safe to say I was always picked last in teams for sports.

I was their last pick too ... don't know why they treat people like us that way ..

I guess it means to show their parents are more fucked up than their kids.

don't think I need to say much else

I mainly took solace in the fact that I had video games waiting for me at home, and when I sat down in front of the TV I would become a hero. So I thought, fuck gym class; I have a ruined nation to scour, a kingdom to save, and a falling moon to repel.

Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards and anime before they made them both shitty

nothing much.
i was bullied all the way until high school, and had a horrible childhood.
the only reason i didn't kill myself was because i was too scared to do it, and i wanted revenge. now im a bit normal, but i have no one to thank.

Ren and Stimpy


Rainbow: Zippy is a GOD!!


Streets of Rage


Outlaw Star/Gundam Wing/ETC


Exploitica


Late night movies, For example: Toshiki Sato's Tandem. (A godly film) :)

I didn't have a shit childhood, but the bane of my entire life was perhaps my uncle who's always hated me for no reason. Even now he tries to make digs at me with passive-aggressive remarks, but now I can actually snap back with remarks of my own. My earliest memory of the cunt is him pretty much pulling my arm off around town when I was about 6, because I wouldn't "hurry up" and just because of the way he was towards me I was crying my arse off. The arm pulling thing made me cry harder and I kept telling him that he was hurting me, but did he give a shit? Nope.

Oh and I was bullied all my life for being fat, but nowadays if anyone makes a remark I either ignore it, laugh or go "So?". I like food, I'm not going to go all emo just because of a shallow-minded idiot.

Anyway enough of the rambling. What made it bearable? Pokémon, Digimon, Cardcaptors (The English dub which was shown on CITV) and The Simpsons.

I didn't have a rough childhood aside from the fact that mostly everyone ignored me for some reason. Since that was the case, I dedicated myself to playing videogames and watching anime(Toonami had a great impact on this regard). Looking back now, probably the reason that I couldn't get along or talk much with most people may have been because of my "remedy" but I don't regret it.

I'm sure he knew, people like him tends to just know these things, that's why that are so awesome