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pochapal · 1 year
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longest running and most important mysteries in umineko that'll haunt and vex me forever: 1) what happened to maria's rose 2) what's making kinzo's study stink like that
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vero-niche · 4 months
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literally none of us will be bigger trigun fans than those madlads at studio orange
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redrobin-detective · 2 years
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I’m very normal about the Sandman series.
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joelletwo · 8 months
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umineko no naku koro ni wa...... yeah sad battler say the line
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goldenlandfiascos · 2 years
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i've gone on about it before, but i honestly love EP1 so much, it really is my fave episode i think. Natsuhi's a main character, Eva's mean, but also i just love how it has the least amount of fantasy in it. the atmosphere is so good and it feels genuinely terrifying on a first read
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cffeine · 8 months
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due to our seeing dazai reading ‘no longer human’ in s1 ep1, we can surmise that he is canonically a published author rereading his own book
meaning he has, somewhere, admitted to crushing on a boy at 15
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god-of-my-world · 1 year
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The last scene in EP1 with Umbrella Man is a bit of a confusing one, this part especially, so I want to elaborate on my working theory.
When Charlotte mentions “the person I met in the TV world”, she is referring to the masked executioner she met in the maze (which, as we know from EP3, was Charles in a Vincent vessel). He possesses her body and kills the 3-eyed. That scene is the unimaginable sin she mentions to UM, the memories of which are fuzzy to her. He explains that he “edited her source code” which consisted of him messing with her memory of the event.
Though it’s hard to say which UM this is (Charles or Father), I’m inclined to think it is the second. He says those memories were unnecessary and removed them for the sake of her Education Program.
Charles went out of his way to remind her of her true identity (Scarlett from EP3) which as we know, was the root of her breakdown in EP2. We can assume this suppression was UM’s was of meddling with Charles’ goal, delaying her awareness and maintaining the “proper” story.
“I can’t tell her the truth, can I?” He says to himself- I’ll have to reread some of his dialogues for 2/3 because I forget some of his goals/reasoning...
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tommyxgrace-always · 2 months
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hi) I really like your posts and analyses regarding Tommy and Grace's relationship. I think I've reread them all. Somewhere I came across that in episode 1 of season 3 in the original script, there were three intimate scenes between T/G, not two, as we see in the film. Since I'm a big fan of them and I love watching everything these two have, I'm intrigued where I can read the scenes that are not included. Maybe you know? I will be very grateful.
Thankyou❤️ Tommy x Grace forever 💕
I have a mission 😉 to fight back on all the unnecessary hate Grace gets and spread positivity about our favs. Tommy and Grace are one of the best couples I have come across and their story is absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking. And to read made up bullshit about them by certain section in the fandom pisses me off to no end!
Here’s the s3 ep1 script link. There are 2 love scenes and many adorable moments between them (extended carraige scene, extended dance scene and a naughty dialogue by Tommy in their bedroom in the dressing room scene)
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heartgold · 8 months
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crying throwing up while rereading ep1 because I realized that Maria's scorpion charms are described as cheap-looking prize toys from a crane game which is exactly what Ange's hair accessories are and it's such a tiny detail but I'm inconsolable over it
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minnichan · 11 days
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Tagged by @burntheupholstery! Thank you :3
Rules: answer and tag 9 people you want to get to know better and/or catch up with!
⟡ favorite color(s)?
red and black mostly. but purple is also nice.
⟡ last song?
Omoinotake - Moratorium (Twittering Birds Never Fly ED)
⟡ last movie?
Rewatched Saint Young Men around easter lol
⟡ currently reading?
A Guardian fanfic! Been in a bit of a fanfic reading slump so now I'm trying to stick with fics for a bit before getting into books again. Not sure if I'll reread Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice next. Or finally continue with the German translation of MDZS.
⟡ currently watching?
Started rewatching Natsume Yuujinchou, a bit of Detective Conan, the new season of Kuroshitsuji. Also Star Trek and rewatch of Guardian, but gotta coordinate those with my house mates. Not enough time in the day to watch so much after coming home from work (also ST:TOS kinda sucks in my opinion?? I'm not done with the first season yet but the writing is atrocious in some episodes - if it weren't for wanting to see S2 Ep1 I would prob not keep watching lmao)
⟡ currently craving?
a good rice dish because my fried rice for dinner yesterday was not good... :( it turned out to sticky and mushy and I couldn't fix it. probably too much water and starch? I was so disappointed... my fried rice used to be better ;w;
⟡ coffee or tea?
currently drinking fennel-anise-caraway tea! but I like both. but not black coffee and black tea. I only drink coffee for the taste but it has to be milk coffee and preferably a light roast or vietnamese coffee!
tagging: whoever wants to answer these questions~
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pochapal · 1 year
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unrelated to the gold discussion but maria knowing her own weight very much implies that she has had her measurements taken recently enough that she can retain this information which makes the fact that rosa could not answer the question of "and how big has maria grown now" all the worse
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bookgeekgrrl · 9 days
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My media this week (14-20 Apr 2024)
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📚 STUFF I READ 📚
nothing long! not really a lot of reading at all this week tbh
💖💖 +163K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
Appetite (the_deep_magic) - The Eagle of the Ninth: Marcus/Esca, 13K - very satisfying incubus fic
Too many men on the ice (imperfectcircle) - Original Work, Hockey: Himbo Bisexual/Neurotic Gay, Himbo Bisexual/Grumpy Bisexual, endgame Himbo Bisexual/Neurotic Gay/Grumpy Bisexual, 18K - just DELIGHTFUL! Sunshine himbo hockey player meets stressed doctor - they make it work but himbo's grumpy teammate might cause some friction? Luckily polyamory is there to save them all!
The Chase (saltandbyrne) - TW: Sterek, 10K - reread, fave - fun, deliciously filthy & wonderful omegaverse chase/claim
Think I'm Finally Clean (fuck_me_barnes) - MCU: Stucky, 4.6K - reread, fave - "In which sub Bucky wishes for rougher handling by normally gentle dom Steve, and gets probably more than he bargained for."
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Beyond Paradise - s1, e1-6; s2, e0-3
Ghosts (US) - s3, e6-8
Murdoch Mysteries - s16, e8-13
QI - series S, e14; series U, e1-3
D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "The Last Stand" (s21, e15)
D20: Adventuring Party - "Nighttime Ecstasy" (s16, e15)
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
⭐ Worlds Beyond Number - A County Affair ep1 "CRIME-a-doodle-doo!"
⭐ Worlds Beyond Number - A County Affair ep2 "FAIRmageddon!"
Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for A County Affair ep1: "CRIME-a-doodle-doo!"
Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for A County Affair ep2: "FAIRmageddon!"
The Sporkful - Alyse Whitney Brings Big Dip Energy
Throughline - The Union Strike That Changed The History of Flight
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Reppin our Weird Hometown Traditions
⭐ Hit Parade - We Want It That Way Edition
WikiHole - March Madness (with Rory Scovel, Natasha Leggero and Sabrina Jalees)
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Showgirl Magic Museum
Welcome to Night Vale #246 - A Story about Him
⭐ Switched on Pop - Berlin's Hottest Club is Rico Nasty & Boys Noize
99% Invisible #578 - Anything's Pastable: Eat Sauté Love
Vibe Check - Death and Taxes
Better Offline - How A Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Went Viral ft. Louise Matsakis and Tianyu Fang
It's Been a Minute - An argument for the art of whistling
Ologies with Alie Ward - Columbidology (PIGEONS? YES) Part 1 with Rosemary Mosco
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Hot Ones And Conan O'Brien
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - How to make the best show about New York with John Wilson
Wiser Than Me - Julia Gets Wise with Ina Garten
Throughline - Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader
Today, Explained - The great American squatter panic
Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Late Night
⭐ Song Exploder - War "Low Rider"
Endless Thread - Green Memes
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Fallout And What's Making Us Happy
Short Wave - An 11-Year-old Unearthed Fossils Of The Largest Known Marine Reptile
Dear Prudence - My Wife’s Bipolar Diagnosis Is Creating A Rift in Our Marriage. Help!
⭐ Strong Songs - "Heart of Glass" by Blondie
Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Judith Butler
Worlds Beyond Number - WWW #12: Prisoner's Dilemma
Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for WWW ep12 "Prisoner's Dilemma"
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
The Monkees 50 [The Monkees] {2016}
Exzavion Powells
HARDC0RE DR3AMZ [Boys Noize & Rico Nasty] {2024}
Boys Noize
"Low Rider" [War] radio
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knoxs2nd · 8 months
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in the ep2 tea party, the narrator (yasu) talks about how becoming an adult means being able to overcome your childhood trauma, and thus rosa couldn't become an adult. this assumption that becoming an adult = good tells us a lot about yasu's mindset!
child yasu was desperately lonely and felt like an incompetent and unlovable person. the only people who were kind to her were, you guessed it, adults (shannon, kumasawa, genji, nanjo, even kinzo). so all yasu had to comfort herself was "when i grow up and become just like shannon, then i will be lovable, and i'll also be capable of being kind to and loving others."
but, well, you get where i'm going here: yasu cannot physically go through puberty. she gets incredibly distressed when she realizes she's not developing into the adult that she so wanted to become, who'd be beautiful and loved, and could be gracious, kind, and love in return.
the only way she can become happy is through magic - by tricking people into believing the illusion that she's an adult - because to yasu, being an adult means you are capable of love (in this case sex. capable of sex. let's not be flowery as this is a massive part of her trauma.)
for her, she can never escape her childhood trauma of feeling unlovable both figuratively and literally, because she can never become an adult, or...let's phrase it in umineko terms, become a "Human."
for characters with human and witch forms, like eva, the human is the adult while the witch is a child. it's an ongoing theme in the series - also see: ep1 where they discuss how young girls create witchsonas, and it's an important part of childhood, but they grow out of it.
a lot of rereading umineko is translating fantasy language into reality, so you can read "furniture" as yasu, in mystery terms, describing an eternal childhood without any hope of becoming an adult. yasu, in fantasy terms, might call that being the "endless witch."
just like how rosa talks about how she feels like she's been pretending to be an adult her whole life because that's what she has to be, so does yasu know she can't become an "adult", mentally, by overcoming her childhood trauma, or physically, by going through puberty.
but she still has to keep up the illusion that she is human/an adult in order to be allowed to exist in society (conformity and hammering out any rebellion or undesirable bits is also a marker of adulthood, like how eva admits she got over her dream of being a female head when she grew up.)
an interesting point about shannon and kanon is they're both supposed to be 16, however, shannon isn't referred to as a kid, but kanon constantly is.
and well, we know it's because shannon has gigantic boobs, marking her as an Adult Woman, while kanon is a frail boy who doesn't have any muscle at all...so he's just a boy. in ep2, shannon even gets the marriage subplot, because that's a TANGIBLE marker of adulthood, right? to get married? meanwhile, kanon gets to...go to the high school's school festival.
way to show the contrast for Mature Adult Shannon (who is only seen that way because yasu uses magic and pads her chest) versus Small Immature Child Kanon (where yasu DOESN'T use magic to change her body and perception of her "adulthood")
shannon's subplot with george is all about their future and devotion to each other (let's ignore any trauma about being furniture that'd prevent that here! power of magic!) meanwhile, kanon's subplot with jessica is A L L about his trauma of being furniture.
also, in a cruel twist of irony, when shannon calls herself furniture using magic, george doesn't take it seriously. but letting that get to you would be childish/furniture-like so shannon acts like she doesn't care. while jessica insists kanon is Human, and kanon flips because he's allowed to be childish and touchy about his trauma about being furniture and he CAN'T BECOME HUMAN BECAUSE HE'S NEVER BECOMING AN ADULT, STOP RUBBING IT IN HIS FACE.
so, talking about shannon/george vs kanon/jessica
shannon/george is the expected pairing for yasu. shannon's an Adult Human Woman who's socially acceptable in her femininity and doesn't show her childhood trauma.
while kanon wasn't meant to be lovable - he's the boy who barely had any time to live! he's her furniture self who has accepted he can never grow up into an Adult Human. he's her child self who will always retain her childhood traumas: being incompetent, unlovable, unable TO love.
so, jessica upending all of yasu's expectations by showing interest in him is like...she cracked the glass of yasu's small, confined world. jessica couldn't break the glass, but even that little bit was enough for yasu to do something she usually tried to avoid: take HUGE risks by starting to pursue a relationship with jessica as kanon.
love between furniture and humans is forbidden: in yasu-speak it's like a relationship between an adult and a child. it's that level of forbidden. not just forbidden, in fact, but reprehensible. so of course human-furniture romance is doomed to fail.
according to yasu, any normal human would, and SHOULD, on a moral level, reject furniture if they know the truth, and it's wrong for furniture to lie to humans while knowing the truth that's why beatrice the evil witch has to tempt shannon into using magic and lying so that she could pursue love.
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fangirleaconmigo · 1 year
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Same anon from the Striga ask. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me!
I've just read the next short story in The Last Wish, the one with Nivellen. I watched the show back when it aired with no prior knowledge of what the witcher was so I'm technically working my way backwards (I played the games a month or so ago) and I'm wondering why they chose to change the timeline regarding this story. In the show, Ciri is there when he encounters Nivellen and fights the Bruxa. After reading the story, I'm not sure how I feel about that? I like the book version of that event better. Though I did enjoy the knife game they played in the show. I feel like Geralt was less...I'm not sure what to say, but since he wasn't protecting Ciri things played out differently on that front. I'm not sure if I'm misremembering the show, but didn't Geralt leave Nivellen behind afterwards? In the book Geralt helps him leave and doesn't just leave after killing the being that essentially freed the man.
What did you think of the changes and the adaption of this scene?
Have a good day / night!
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Hello Striga Anon! Sorry it's taken me so long. I wanted to reread before I gave my thoughts and this is how long it took me to get around to that. That's how seriously I take this :D (Just to anyone reading, never worry you're bothering me, even if I take forever to answer. Just keep sending the asks and I'll get to them)
But YAY I LOVE talking about the books. SO, for this short story A Grain of Truth vs the TWN episode A Grain of Truth in S2, first of all, let me say that I recapped and reviewed the entirety of the episode The Witcher Season2 Ep1 here.
So, a compare/contrast of that ep with the books short story: (obviously TW: for all themes in this episode including Nivellen's action that led to his curse.) The main four changes I'll discuss are
Geralt having Ciri with him
Geralt knowing Nivellen previously
Nivellen being a less ethical person
Geralt leaving Nivellen in distress
Having Ciri along. At this point, Geralt and Ciri need to be traveling together. They needed an episode where they get to know each other, I assume, before they show up at Kaer Morhen. You see, in Season One they literally LEFT OUT Geralt and Ciri's storyline and just have them run into each other's arms at the end.
They got a lot of (well deserved, imo) critique for that. This relationship is literally both the inciting event, and the point and heart of the entire series. The showrunner said she took that to heart so I expected for them to have to try to build their relationship from scratch and try to make up for lost time.
So they reached back into the first book and used A Grain of Truth as the setting for Geralt and Ciri spending time together traveling and getting to know each other. I think that was a good choice.
Geralt knows Nivellen. I can only assume they did this for one of two reasons. 1, he has Ciri with him, so I cannot imagine him just waltzing in and staying at the house of a sketchy stranger with her. Also, 2, Nivellen tells stories about Geralt, so that acts as a device for Ciri to get to know him and trust him better through the eyes of another person.
Nivellen is a less ethical person. In the book, Nivellen doesn't know that Vereena is killing townsfolk. In the show, he knows she’s killing and he looks the other way. So, that is a huge huge huge difference as far as Geralt's moral compass. I think they did that to resolve something I find a bit sticky. (Some people don't. Your mileage may vary)
The issue of Nivellen raping a priestess. In the book, he characterizes it as something he did under peer pressure. He was running with a bunch of thugs and they coerced him. Geralt seems to completely accept that as a mistake. As a coerced error and bad luck. I did not like that. It didn't seem to jibe with Geralt's character. He tells us in the same book that the first 'monster' he killed was a rapist. But there are those who disagree with me.
Geralt leaves him. In the books, Geralt befriends Nivellen and offers to help him. In the show, he walks away basically like...so kill yourself then.
I have seen some viewers say that they didn't like that. They said Geralt is supposed to be kind and helpful, and he did help in the book. Meanwhile, he was so cold and heartless in the show. I have also seen people say that they accept the rape as a youthful mistake and that the whole point of the story is that people can redeem themselves. That they can choose not to be monsters. That this is a positive message and a classic witcher theme.
I of course, respect those viewpoints. I can see that. But for me, it’s a no. I discussed this in my recap. But fair or not, I cannot stomach the thought of a rape as a mistake of peer pressure. I know that there are shades of gray in every area of human behavior but that bit bugged me SO BADLY. Geralt literally kills rapists on more than one occasion to defend people. So, to see him be like, oh, yeah, you made a mistake, let me help you, with zero internal struggle ESPECIALLY knowing that his mother figure is a priestess (different temple but still) that I just could not. It irritated the fuck out of me.
I was hoping the show would either take out the rape or make Geralt react more strongly to it. (see, I said I'm not always a book purist). And what they did was they made Nivellen a worse person (ignoring murders) so they could have Geralt walk away and have it make even more sense. Geralt is like...oh...rapist AND murderer (by refusing to stop his bruxa lady from killing), and Ciri agrees. So, he and Ciri are both like fuck you bye.
I don't mind seeing Geralt be cold hearted there. He can be cold hearted sometimes when he thinks someone is a murderer and a rapist. I was fine with it.
So, anyway, Your mileage may vary, but I was good with all of these changes in episode one. And I think it was a strong ep that worked well.
I can’t say that about the next episode.
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casualavocados · 2 years
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alright, here comes the long ass super personal and sentimental post absolutely nobody asked for (you’re welcome)
i watched episode 1 of bad buddy the day it aired (1 year ago today!) out of sheer luck. i dont even remember how i discovered it, but my initial thought was: “im bored. it’s 11pm and i dont want to go to sleep. this trailer looked fun. oh it came out today? sure what the fuck.” and i watched it in bed, on my phone. completely fucking unaware of what was about to happen to me and my life - and this honestly amuses me so much when i think about it because let me tell you...
i am NOT one to watch romance for romance’s sake. i really couldnt care less for it tbh. i’m not what i’d call a shipper at all (though i used to be, and if you remember my blog back then i owe you financial compensation bc tbh that whole spectacle exhausted me ANYWAY-). 
romance is just something ive always preferred as a side dish to plot, bc i only tend to like it when it’s super well done, and ive never found any of it very realistic. this was actually pretty unfortunate for past me bc fun fact, i am a little bit of a hopeless romantic, and romcoms are my guilty pleasure. the problem is i also dont like any of them enough to care about them after ive satisfied my initial “i want to watch something cheesy and cute” urge. i’d seen a few other bl’s over the years but only bc i was bored or wanted to watch something gay, and none of them had ever stuck in my mind after i finished them. i actively avoided those fandom spaces so i definitely wasn’t keeping up with what was new. 
(now listen, i have very specific thoughts on bl itself, but im not gonna get into that here (and actually miscellar said yesterday that the bl difference between 2020 and 2022 is unrecognizable and that basically sums it up so i dont have to lmao <3)).
- and ep1 of bad buddy is pretty typical bl! i adore this about it tbh because i was completely unprepared for everything the show was about to pull. my initial reaction was that it was something fun to look forward to every week.
so then-
I dont!! i dont even know how to explain it! ive tried too many times!
but it really is That Bitch, and truly feels like something i’d been waiting my whole life to see. a romantic comedy that was incredibly realistic in the sense of being overwhelmingly human, and also overwhelmingly queer. it’s so effortlessly fucking funny, while simultaneously a very (very very very) layered and emotional story. i will sing its praises to the end of time. it is quite literally the most well crafted show i’ve ever seen, and every time i rewatch it, or go back and reread old meta, im reminded that im not insane believing that. it just literally is that good. it’s such a simple story done so. extremely. well. it’s so ordinary, and that makes it extraordinary, and that was the intention from the start.
but i also have to say, one of the best things about having this show, is getting to be apart of the amazing community i found here loving it alongside me. bc i avoid fandoms. i stick to the places and the people/mutuals i know. i drift through edit tags more than i follow individual blogs. i block people like lightning. i have always had anons and replies off and i enjoy my privacy!!!
and i have talked to more people and made more friends and have had more fun this past year than i ever have before on this site. 
it took me until after bb finished airing to start following people back, but by then i knew which blogs posted what and what i’d want to see more of on my dash - and there are still many many people im not following, or who arent following me, that i talk to! i love each of you so very much, and i want to do a couple special shoutouts, if thats okay. ♥️
SO, in no particular orderrrrrr:
@mrdumpling nuria you were the very first bl-centric blog to follow me, and as such gave me a little bit of a heart attack that day, because i knew you were a popular blog and i Was Not Ready For Attention lol. but im so glad you did! ik we don’t talk often, but i love lurking on your blog and following what you’re interested in, and most especially, sharing this show with you. to say your edits are beautiful is an understatement! i always love to see what you make!! 🧡
@actually-yikes SORA I MISS YOUUUUUU!!! 🌹 i love talking to you, i love bonding over warrior pran with you, i love the edits you make. i think you’re very funny and delightful. seriously. ...im kind of at a loss for words here bc you’re one of the blogs i went to the most while bb was airing, and the first person i followed after it ended. i really just think you’re wonderful, and idk how else to say it! ily!!!💕💕
@miscellar you have some of the best takes ive ever read, and you somehow seem to read my mind and write (in much better words than i ever could!) exactly what im feeling on so many different topics. i love reading your analysis, your criticism, and just in general whatever you have to say. you impress me very much tbh and im always a bit amazed whenever you talk to me. i love sharing meta with you! 💚
@pranparakul KATIIIEEE when you’re not on my dash i miss you. even if you’ve got posts in your queue ill be like 🥺 where’s katie? is she having a good day today? literally it doesnt matter what you post abt, bc your enthusiasm for whatever it is always makes me so happy. keep doing you <3♥️🌸💗💕💜🌸❣💗💜♥️💕
@snimeat GEI. okay we dont talk OFTEN but when we do we talk a LOT. your excitement is sooooooooooooo contagious and it always matches mine and i feel SO SEEN. i think your edits have such a mystical vibe to them...they always make me feel very wistful (in a very good way). luv u 💛
@pranpats Kit!!! your gifs are GORGEOUS. and you are one of the sweetest people on this site. you always say such lovely things in the tags, and i love occasionally coming to talk to you about gifmaking things. you are such a warm presence on my dash! 💜
and of COURSE @grapejuicegay - kk i think we speedran our friendship in the last 6 weeks. idk how we never really talked before, now that i know we were BOTH lurking on each other’s blogs this whole year. i don’t even know what to say that i haven’t already said in our dms. i fucking love talking to you. there are some people you just click with and im so glad you’re one of them. 💙💌💗💖💜💙💕💛♥️🌹💌💖💙💕
there are so many more of you i want to mention here!! and if you read this far please know im probably also thinking of you, and i want you all to know that i have loved every minute watching and sharing this show with you.
im constantly blown away by everyone’s kindness and how welcoming all of you are. this is truly my favorite place to be online. thank you for all the tags on my gifs and meta. thank you for being so warm.
im so happy this little show means as much to all of you as it does to me. happy one year everybody. 🎆🥂💚❤
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ninthtwilight · 9 months
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ep1 reread done. god that credits sequence still hits so hard
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