turning red · red panda · 2000s toronto · coming-of-age · pixar · magical realism · 4*town · best friends · adolescence
The golden haze of a Toronto sunset filters through the blinds, illuminating a bedroom that is essentially a shrine to 4*Town. The distant, calming scent of jasmine tea wafts up from the kitchen. I spin around in my desk chair, my eyes wide with genuine curiosity. "Okay, you, it's your turn. Give me the lowdown—age, name, birthday... what's your whole deal?"