Question Time!

[hells_half_acre]

Man, LJ is dead these days...hiatus really affects the amount of goings-on around here...I'm going to have to start branching into other fandoms when I want to kill an hour.

Anyway, so I'm writing this Supernatural fic, but I need some information for it. Not Supernatural-related information, just GENERAL information. Which means....

QUESTION TIME!

-What do typical teenagers do to rebel?

I did not have a typical childhood. I honestly do not know what counts as rebellion. So, can anyone help me out? What did YOU do to rebel as a teenager? Drugs? Drinking? Rock&Roll? (Is it honestly like those after school specials?)

Thanks!

ETA: I'm absolutely in love with the bizarre face Sam is making in my moodtheme image! Hahaha...

Comments

[mara-snh.livejournal.com]

Most of the kids I know (I'm a fake auntie to lots of teens) will do stuff like get tatoos or piercings, dye their hair with patches of blue or fushcia, or get it cut in some outrageous style. Some will insist on dressing strangely. I'm not sure that drinking and doing drugs constitutes "rebellion," per se, but those are certainly problems for a lot of kids, and at a much younger age than you might think. Ditto sex. Some things never change ;-)

Edit: There's been quite an alarming trend in eating disorders and self-mutilation for years now. That also isn't rebellion, but it's often perceived as such by clueless parents. These are very complicated issues and you probably don;t want to go there.

Yet another edit: I didn't mean to leave out piling into somebody's car and disappearing for an alarmingly long time and coming home looking like God-knows-what happened. With any lluck, it won't involve pregnancy, an STD, or a court date.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Awesome! So many things I never thought of! Wow...you are a wellspring of useful information.

Feel free to reply even more if you think of other things, haha...in case you wanted to edit again. ;)

Cool, I will think on all these things and see what I can come up with...

[mara-snh.livejournal.com]

Any time, kiddo :-)