1. Popularity. People always say, that up you don’t need popularity on Scratch, that you can do all the same things, with barely any followers. But then, if you need people to help you, then there’s no one there. 2. Being treated like someone older. I am 9 years old, still a child. But everyone here treats me like I’m older, the same as my 4 years older cousins. I feel expected to act like someone older, to be mature, to understand more mature things. But I don’t, and I have to copy Ivy, and Sky, and Flame. And then I feel really bad, because I don’t know if my friends like me for who I am, or who I try to be. 3. Having family on Scratch. Having family on Scratch is wonderful! Most of the time. But I also feel like we’re just a package. If people say, need more cats in a litter, or more people to help them, they just invite us all. And it kind of feels like we’re classed as one person, collectively, to add numbers. I don’t want to fill the space in your litter, or enter your contest if it means that I’m only being invited because my family enjoys roleplaying, or art. 4. Being positive Other people often rely on me to be positive, and optimistic. But it’s really hard, and it’s almost as if I’m being pressured into being happy. When I’m really not. I often just want to hide in my room and cry, that way I’m away from the world, but I feel like I need to pretend that everything is fine, so that they don’t worry, and so they can be fine as well. 5. Split family Me and my family have always been close. Me and my demibrother Ivy are great friends! And our twin cousins Sky and Flame have been like siblings to us! We’ve always been there for each other, forever! And Raven too! She’s not a part of our real family, but she feels like it! Our parents knew each other, and she practically lives next door. As you can see, we’ve been really close, for a long time. But now, we’re divided. Flame is grumpy, and he’s ignoring Sky, blanking out the world, and rage-filled. Sky is broken, and miserable, ignoring Flame back, stubborn, and sarcastic, but struggling. Even Ivy is cold, and distant. Raven is not on speaking terms with any of them. And I’m in the middle, the mediator, the messenger. I have to put up with it all, and I’m expected to fix everything. But I can’t, and it is really stressful. So, yeah.
