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my boyfriend just found out the redstone torch icon is the normal torch icon with a red circle around it and he’s loosing it

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Hahahaha I love how I gotta wait a month to get an appointment with my doc just to get some papers to send in to the government people (which will take like 2-3 weeks cause they are also slow) who’re supposed to help me get a job that I am able to do with all my funky lil disabilities haha,,,,

Tbh I’d rather do this than go back to high school cause that place is hell on Earth (and especially mine cause after I finished the first year I basically no longer got the support i had the rights to have) not to mention how it genuinely broke my mental. I can barely even maintain my friendships if we get stuck with drama or end up in a fight, I just don’t have the strength to deal with it. I have just been masking for the last month and a half cause I don’t know how to process anything at this point

Only good thing rn is the fact Jedi: Survivor is out and I’m really enjoying it (minus the frame rate issues, the lag, loading issues, etc), also Tears of the Kingdom is out in like under 2 weeks :o

#mental problems #physical problems #personal rant #disabled #mentally exhausted #mentally tired

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Still waiting on the strength to continue rewatching JATP, didn’t watch the 2nd episode. Too bad I have been in a depressive loop for the past few months, really wanna continue rewatching by like hnnng,,,,,,, real life problems get in the way + no idea how to resolve another situation without going into breakdowns,,,,, luckily I have a comfy character in Reggie :))

#jatp #julie and the phantoms #julie and the himbos #reggie peters #jatp reggie #mentally tired

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Anyway hot take but it would have made more sense for Reggie to be the one who got the parent plot rather than Luke

Because Luke didn’t seem to give much of a shit about his parents in the first couple of episodes. He was entirely dedicated to his music from day one. He didn’t seem to understand why Reggie and Alex were bummed that they’d lost everyone else they cared about in one way or another, and he was constantly pushing them to focus on the band over their personal issues

Reggie was the one who kept bringing up family. He was the one who asked to see his parents, he got upset that Trevor didn’t give money to their families, and he’s the one who got attached to Julie’s family. And in Whatever Happens, Reggie repeatedly thinks about how much he cares about and loves his little brother. Wanting a family is a consistent part of his character. But with Luke it’s like a switch just got flipped in his head for no reason that made him suddenly really care about his mum

They could have set Luke up as a teen runaway and started laying hints that he cared a lot more than he was pretending to, but he shouldn’t have been the one the plot focused on. They established that Reggie has a lot of family issues going on but they get completely dropped in favour of Luke’s, despite him only ambiguously hinting at his own issues a couple of times in the lead up

If nothing else: just imagine his ‘you guys are the only family I have’ line if he’d spent the season looking for his family.

It should have been Reggie’s story.

#SO TRUE I CANT 😭😭 #reggie peters #jatp

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Headcanon that Reggie would default to finding Alex when his parents got in fights. He really hates being on his own, especially when he’s upset, but he also gets super sensitive to voices after the fights. So he’d always go to meet Alex because he’s the one who’ll sit quietly with him until he feels up to talking about it

And Alex in turn would always go to Reggie when he was frustrated about his parents’ neglect. Because after years of tense silence and intolerance, he needs someone who’ll just happily ramble at him and make him feel wanted

Just give me reglex best friends who help cheer each other up just by being themselves

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Person: so what's your type?

Me: have you heard of this show julie and the Phantoms?

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All 3 through and through

reblog if you’re gay, shy or a fucking idiot

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I am forever grateful to Jeremy Shada for giving us Ghosted because Netflix is stupid and I miss Julie and the Phantoms

#FACTS FACTS #julie and the phantoms #jeremy shada #jatp netflix

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"is he cute? i bet he's cute let me see-" for Reggie and Alex, any pairing

It takes everything in Alex not to react when his phone dings.

Reggie notices, anyway, stopping in the middle of his ramble and pushing his plate of waffles away. He leans across the table.

"What was that?"

"Nothing," Alex says airily. Too airily, if the way his voice and Reggie's eyebrows climb are any indication.

"That's not nothing. You almost always have your notifications muted."

Alex slides back further into the booth, cradling his phone protectively as Reggie inches closer. He stabs his stack of pancakes and stuffs a bite of strawberry into his mouth in lieu of responding.

"Come on, 'Lex, tell me! Is it a guy?"

He chews slowly. "...I let important notifications through. That's not unusual, okay? This project makes up a lot of our grade—"

"I knew it!" Reggie crows, earning him a dirty look from a waitress. Not that he notices. "Our means that you care about their grade, and you care about them. It is a guy, isn't it? A really cool one that you can't stop thinking about."

Alex sighs. Reggie knows him too well.

"It might be…a guy. There's no point in voicing any sort of hopes about him because they're only bound to get crushed, which is why I didn't tell you. We're strictly project partners, Reg."

"What makes you think that?" Reggie asks, frowning. "You're awesome, Alex. Is he already dating someone or something?"

Alex pushes a few more strawberries listlessly around his plate.

"I think so? I mean, he's always going on about the guys at some club. It sounds like he has the time of his life there, with them, and I know you think I'm awesome, Reggie, but I'm not that…I don't know, wild? How could I ever keep up?"

Reggie’s face does that thing where it soothes out, except for his mouth, which scrunches into a little o. He brightens as he snaps out of it, eyes lighting on Alex's.

"But you don't know that they're together, right? Maybe they're just good friends! That's why Luke and Julie didn't ask me out for ages, remember? They'd assumed that you were my boyfriend."

"That's…true," Alex admits, smiling faintly in spite of himself as Reggie beams. "Okay, yeah, maybe I shouldn't be so quick to assume. The way I feel about this guy…it's just scary. I barely know him, Reg, but I like him so much. It’s going to hurt like hell if he rejects me."

Reggie takes his hand, netting them another glare from a different waitress. Alex glares back until she looks away. Reggie, meanwhile, has remained blissfully unaware, intently focused on Alex.

"I'll be there for you no matter what, buddy, but you shouldn't quit before you've even played the game. Alright? At least own your awesomeness for once! If this guy doesn't see it, someone will. Sometimes you've just gotta put yourself out there."

Alex swallows. He squeezes Reggie’s hand.

"Thanks, Reg. But also…if he says no, won't that make our whole project…awkward?"

Reggie shrugs. "That's college for you. Aren't most of the group projects shitty?"

He has to concede that point as well. He's more or less worn down, and he promises to at least think about asking him out.

Reggie almost lets it go after that, but when Alex's phone dings again, he gets a mischievous glint in his eye.

"You know, there's still so much you haven't told me about this guy. I know your type, but like, what's his name? What does he do? Is he cute?"

"His name is Willie. He's doing something with art, theater is his minor. And like, objectively speaking, he's…well…"

Reggie smirks. "'Lex, it's a simple question. Is he cute? Just say so."

Alex stammers as a hot flush sweeps over his skin. He can't help it; Willie's hard to describe. Or maybe he's so fucking attractive that it melts Alex's brain.

"I bet he's cute, let me see—"

Reggie lunges for Alex's phone, crowing again as he manages to pry it from his hand. He unlocks it and whistles.

"Damn Alex, forget cute. This guy is smoking hot."

He shows Alex the Whatsapp profile picture as if it's not burned into his brain.

Willie's grinning in it, long dark hair whipping in the wind as he balances on a skateboard on what looks like a precarious rail. Those jeans definitely do nothing to hide how…muscular his legs are, especially with the…artfully placed rips. The white hoodie softens it all somehow, but it only screams that he's also cuddly, which makes him even more attractive.

It's absolutely maddening.

And it pales in comparison to the real thing. Willie is possibly the most vivacious person Alex has ever met.

"Yeah," Alex manages to croak. "He is."

Reggie flips his phone back around with a little hum before Alex can protest.

"Alex! He's flirting with you!"

"Okay, but that doesn't have to mean—"

"Alex."

He throws his hands up, and thankfully not out, or he would've hit a waiter. They really need to leave before they get banned from the best diner near campus.

"Some people are just flirtatious! You flirt with me all of the time!"

Reggie just gives him a sunny grin and a wink. "There's a difference between flirting for fun and flirting with intent, babe. If he's not doing the latter, I'll eat my boot."

"You might have to, anyway," Alex mutters, huffing at Reggie’s oblivious little what.

They don't get banned, if only because Alex pays and drags him out at what Luke calls his runway speed, so there's that.

But if his anxiety is totally off about the other things…well, he's not exactly mad about it, although he does have to laugh when Willie asks to meet him at the diner for one of their first dates.

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rewatching shows means you get to skip all the bits you have no patience for without feeling guilty about it 🙏🏻😌

#FACTS #The amount of times I’ve done this because of an incredibly cringe or unneeded scene fr fr

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I DID IT I REWATCHED THE FIRST EPISODE

I had to do it in like short segments like 5-9 minutes-ish at a time BUT BUT I DID IT. I CRIED LIKE A BITCH AND HAD SEVERAL BREAKDOWNS BUT I DID IT.

#jatp #julie and the phantoms #julie and the himbos #reggie peters #alex mercer #luke patterson #julie molina #IM SAD NOW BUT I DID IT #reggie my boy 🥰 #Doubt I’ll be able to watch the 2nd episode for a while but I’m proud of myself

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important content: reggie making snow angels

#jatp #jatp reggie #comfy bed #reggie just having the time of his life chilling is the best thing ever he deserves it <3

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I swear, one day soon I’m going to rewatch JATP I SWEAR. The urge is just too strong and I’m slowly starting to get ready for it but at the same time I am no where near ready. Also I’m like super worried about it being too overwhelming that I’ll disappear from fandom for like another year or smth,,,,, I despise having so much anxiety about this cause like what if it didn’t act up and just let me watch things in peace,,,

#jatp #julie and the phantoms #julie and the himbos #jatp rewatch #anxiety #i want to watch this so bad

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#HELP #if people started taking about Reggie in normal conversation I would actually die #like fr how am I supposed to NOT go on hour long rants about him #jatp reggie #jatp

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Luke: How did none of you hear what I just said?

Reggie: I’ve been zoned out for the past two and a half hours.

Julie: I got distracted about halfway through.

Alex: Ignoring you was a conscious decision.

#mood #jatp

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autism is living by vampire rules. light sensitivity. eating the wrong food makes you want to die. need to be explicitly invited places. weird sleep schedule. eating the same thing every time. specific rituals and routines. burst into flames at the sight of a crucifix. etc.

#facts #just facts fr

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they really galaxy brained on this one

also yue and korra are probs related since they both came from northern water tribe royalty 👀🤯

#HELP IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE