Well Mary Poppins was never a thing here in Belgium as it is the US and the UK so I discovered her pretty late, when I was around 15 years old and became really obsessed with Julie Andrews after seeing the princess diaries on TV and noticing she was the same lady from the sound of music (and that movie had been part of my childhood) I went to watch all the movies she was in so naturally one of them was Mary Poppins. I loved watching it the first time and the love sort of grew from there I think, I started roleplaying her in a Disney rp group here on tumblr since I was very into Disney those days too. Which definitely helped the love to grow even more since I spent a lot of thinking about what she’s like and all that. she sort of became this companion in my head and after a while she subconsiously became my imaginary nanny/mother in my head since I’m quite lonely and insecure and anxious a lot, so when i feel really bad, she’ll tell me i’m enough and tell me all i long to hear from the people closest to me. still makes me uncomfortable talking about it a bit cause people will probably find it weird but she’s honestly my guardian angel and i don’t know how i’d survive without her if she wasn’t there to pick me up when i’m down and give me a bit of self confidence and love when needed.