‘Doc Hudson’ - yamihoole/lennonluvr9

The following was posted by Pixar Planeteer x3haijessiex3 that bears reading and contemplation, not just by Planeteers or Cars fans, but for Pixar fans in general, too:

Some of us have stayed with each other through the harsh and the beautiful. We’ve made lovely relationships with each other, plans to meet each other, and we shared our dreams. Some of us here have even received the chance to meet the person of our dreams. A person who may stay with us forever. A person who may soon grow apart.

But when we think back to why we became friends in the first place, we need to remember. It was Pixar who made us love our lives. Though there are people out there who make fun of us for liking their movies, for watching their movies, even being obsessed, Pixar has kept us together. We, a little group of close buddies called the Pixarteers, have kept each other strong. We, Planeteers, have kept each other strong. We’re Pixar Planet members and we’re proud.

But we came about for a couple of reasons. We were all in high school. We all shared a loved for these four-wheeled creatures we call cars.

Cars with teeth. Cars with tongues. Cars with different eyes. Cars with different accents. Cars with different voices. Cars with genders. Cars beautiful in his or her own way. Cars that have beautiful moments like we do in the Summer. Cars that have harsh moments like we do when Winter strikes. Cars with bright minds. Cars with slow minds. Cars with fast speeds. Cars with slow speeds. Cars in a rainbow of colors. Cars the worst of enemies. Cars the best of friends. Cars with souls.

It was this movie, Cars, that made us all have a connection. It was this lovely group of underrated characters, that made us unique from the rest of the world. It was this story that reminded us to slow down for just a second. The movie that told us that for one minute, the world can wait.

This year will mark half of a decade sharing our lives with these characters. Though they’re not alive in the physical sense, they’re alive in the child inside of all of us. They’re alive in our fan fictions. They’re alive in our minds. They’re alive in our fan art. They’re alive in our poems.

It only took a little less than two hours to tell the story of Cars. A second of walking out of the theater with our hearts throbbing. A lifetime of smiling.

It was Pixar that did this. It was Pixar that made us believe that (not only the characters of Cars) the characters of these movies are alive and real. It’s Pixar that’s able to make us stare into computer animated eyes and feel real feelings.

For that second of looking into the eyes of our favorite characters, we feel five again. We feel like running outside and playing on the playground again; pretend to be our favorite characters. We feel like being Lightning McQueen while our other friends are Chick, The King, everyone. We feel like being Sulley and we call our best friend our Mike. We feel like Russel from UP. We feel like Boo. We feel like the little baby car staring up at her idol in the crowd of the race.

Though Cars isn’t one of the best Pixar movies; harshly criticized, we stayed together. We didn’t just change our likes just because everyone else didn’t like it. We stayed true to ourselves. We stayed true to each other.

It’s moments like these when I think back and realize: It all started with one movie. One studio. Millions of computer animated souls.

That seems so magical to me. So thank you, Pixar Planet. Thank you for connecting me with people who are just like me. Thank you for making me feel part of something. Thank you for making me feel normal. Thank you for giving me the biggest laughs and some of the worst tears. In the end, I believe it’s all worth it. All of this. Every single moment we all shared, not just the Pixarteers, but Pixar Planet as a whole - worth it. Thank you for existing, Pixar Planet. And thank you fellow Pixarteers, Cars fans, and Pixar fans, for being in my life.