I'd be pissed off at my little brother and want revenge too, but in all honesty, it's the mom that made him like this.
I'd set my sights on her (as well)

this is a great revenge. OP talks about hiding his controllers, but he'll just get more from his mom. His mom's money won't buy him back his stats and unlocks.

the strangest bit is the previous boyfriend that explained her to do it like this?

As someone who rather not boasts, I was advised to share my plans with friends, to get motivated by the encouragement. As well as the accountability.
On the other hand, it is easy to fall into a pattern of just telling people about awesome plans, and collect on that initial praise without having to follow through.

Sometimes I want the motivational energy, sometimes I don't want the pressure.

As with many things in life, it's not about blindly following the one line on the motivional poster, all the time, everytime, and considering the opposite 'the wrong thing'.

damn you

Is this a real problem though? I thought it was pretty well established it's mostly a figure of speech or "I'm here if you need to talk", not "I see you've got one person doing the shopping and another doing the dishes, maybe I can walk the dog?"

Just something we say because social norms. If you're decent friends, they might take you up on it, and if they don't, they don't.

17 at 2000 and: "who?"
I gather from the comments that "Bouncing off the walls" was their one big hit? Just listened to it and I don't recall ever even hearing that.
So afaik mainstream airplay, little to literally none.

I don't want to sound like a dick, but I can't agree with either of you. Your GF seems like she's too hung up on you changing any part that really isn't you, and you decided you need to change your name because that's what you're supposed to do, and being told by someone else.
I've been in your GF's shoes (in a minor way) when friends of mine changed their online nicknames and I too way too much exception to that. In retrospect very silly and just me feeling excluded and/or not liking change. So I feel justified in saying that it's not a very healthy standpoint.

You don't mention your own reason for changing your name. If it's down to casteism, I can respect that, but if it's something more akin to appearing cooler, your GF might feel YOU are being pretentious, rather than just disliking the name you happened to have chosen.

I wonder if it's likely about more than just the name, but what it represents. Maybe's she not so cool with you taking a serious step towards an acting career. Or at least showing you're willing to make major changes to accomodate that, and is worried how far that might go.

digital art =/= AI art. I'll admit that I don't understand why it being digital makes it "even cooler", as a physical process and object is more impressive to me but if OP made this digital image themselves, that's still pretty good work.

I swear, reddit times these things to hit my feed just as I'm about to go to bed...

define "daily routine". Otherwise it's just "in your day". Which seems to be a no-brainer. Your future depends on what you do in the present? I would have never guessed.
"secret" and "hidden" are just filler words here, trying to make it sound profound.

well done. Quite cute. Who is Little Nene?

I could watch drawings of people and children dying and drowning all day, but put an orphaned kitty in there and it's more than I can stand.

perhaps some constructive criticism? I really like the gory texture of the ribcage and spine, but the skull seems rather 2D and cartoony in comparison. Could use some drippings and sinew, imho. Other than that, awesome

this leaves me wondering if the birds have raised the skeleton, or it started floating by itself (or magic)
please don't tell me though, not knowing the details adds to the experience.