Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re diving right back into the thorny stuff of life, as we explore feeling disconnected from the “correct” way to grieve, coming to terms with your failure to fulfill society’s expectations, and the eternal task of sculpting your personality so as to best cohabitate with the people you love, while still holding true to whatever dearly-held prickliness defines your own sense of self. That’s right, it’s time for Journal with Witch, as Asa and Makio navigate the endless struggles of everyday existence.
Our last episode offered a diverse array of challenges for this odd couple, as the pair attempted to bond over Asa’s love of music, demonstrated very different relationships with Makio’s own mother, and were unexpectedly visited by a caseworker concerned about Asa’s inheritance. Music has a tendency to serve as an emotional time capsule, drawing us back to charged moments associated with familiar melodies; for Asa, this meant revisiting both the night of that terrible crash, and also the times when her mother actively supported her own musical ambitions. This tends to be how it goes with such things; Asa is simply learning earlier than most that we must take the good with the bad, that each treasured memory casts a painful shadow, and that preserving our loved ones in memory is how we seek to both honor and retain them. And if old memories can lead to new beginnings, all the better – thus we ended on a moment of genuine familial joy, with Asa now capable of sharing her passion with her adopted family. Let’s see where this rambling road leads as we return to Journal with Witch!