Something that always really resonated with me in The Perks of Being A Wallflower was the line right near the end when Charlie says "there are people who forget what it's like to be 16 once you turn 17" and maybe it's just because I was 16 the first time I watched the movie and I felt like nobody ever listened to me because I was young, but I promised myself I would not forget what it was like to be 16, or any age that I had been, and that I would extend the respect and understanding that I so craved to others. And I forget to do that sometimes, but whenever I play the perks soundtrack on vinyl (cause I'm a 2014 hipster in my spare time) that speech plays into the last track and I hear it and remember that I need to do that. So anyways if you're 16 and you feel like nobody ever listens to you or remembers what being 16 felt like I'm sorry. I promise I do. Relish in the good parts while you have them and know the bad will be over soon 💚
started an appt this afternoon by saying “good afternoon” and the patient answered with “i’m doing good, thank you!” and then when i looked at her a little confused she got all embarassed and was like “oh my god i’m so sorry good afternoon to you too”
genuinely kind of terrified as to what will happen to me when i see bare live in three (three!!!!!!!!) days. i will either go fully insane or transcend mortality or perhaps both. either way i will most likely end up full weeping.
i was looking up the comic pages of the titans tower attack where jason rips off his shirt to reveal the robin costime underneath, and i didnt manage to read it in full but something i found interesting is that tim says, "you're the red hood. you've been cleaning up gotham the easy way."
i dont have the full context for it, but i love that at least standing alone, there's an implication there that tim thinks killing criminals is effective, and he just doesnt find it challenging enough haha. like, there's a lot of other moral judgements you can make about jason's choice to murder, but instead of any of that, tim just decides to point out it's the easy way. 😂
(okay maybe tim said it in an effort to goad by saying jason's taking the easy way out, but i think it's funnier if tim said it 'cuz he doesnt actually disagree with killing and just doesnt do it cuz he follows the bat lol.)
have the other shivgirls been crying nonstop or is that just me. like have the other shivgirls not been able to think about shiv for 1 second without tears flowing from their eyes. i watched this show with some family members and was in absolute shock and as soon as i got in the car and headed back to my apartment i just started full on sobbing like a delayed effect because of her. i love shiv so much she's the character ever. shivgirls when her one moment of agency defined the entire ending of the show at the cost of herself. she was a killer but it was also a mercy kill and she killed herself in the process, but she was already dead anyways. agh.
AUGH anon we r holding hands !!!! i love tragedy and the fact that my favorite character had an (imo) unambigously tragic ending is absolutely decimating me. i keep thinking abt kendall saying "you're voting against yourself," and you get it she's literally a killer but it was a mercy kill !!! what a way to put it. it is so incredibly important to me that shiv uses her choice to oust kendall out of the cycle and take control of the ouroboros of family business bc it is a declaration of love and of power at once and it manages to fall short in both ways. kendall will to some extent always mourn the waystar ceo position and even though shiv is closer to the throne here the tradeoff was she is leashed to it permanently by marriage and by motherhood. i already said this but god i do love how central tenets of shivs character are her daily dose of self-administered poison at the sexual violence factory and her interpersonal manipulation of the softskills women's work and baby-sister pinky roles in order to legitimize her twin aspirations of logan's respect and power at any cost. like she WILL strive for equalization on the business side with tom try to pull the strings on ceo decisions groom her daughter to be the heir to the throne let the poison drip through bc its what helped HER get this far >:) its always been down to shiv imo bc shes the final kid, the prized doll who came to life. shivs decision cementing succession as a tragedy is sooo delicious the poison has rotted her teeth all the way through and no she isnt swallowing them. but the price has already been paid
I rmr the exact feeling i had in the movie theatre when when the winter soldier flipped that knife in the air and caught it in a different grip and stabbed downwards in one smooth motion it was breathtaking i wish i could experience it for the first time again
I know it's not time to be sad yet but I'm sad anyway . Like . I don't want this to end. I really did not enjoy rehearsal while it lasted and it's only two more days of actually running the show, I rlly fcking regret not talking to everyone while I could
These could be the last few days I see these people all together so I'm gonna make the most of it while I can but man I am. Sad. I'm being as normal as I can about it but it hurts so much I just want to cry😭
i should say also, after rotb we also watched the first two gi joe movies (both hilariously bad, greatly enjoyed watching them) and now im watching the 80s sunbow cartoon and its like. so funny.
Not potty humor. I loved Bob's Burgers until they packed it with poop, pee, and fart "jokes." I found potty humor boring when I was 6 and I find it even more so now.
I want clever, witty, fun comedy. I want comedy that's not trying to Teach Me A Life Lesson or comment on politics or some other bullshit.
I just want to laugh.
My best friend and I were trying to remember the last time we saw a movie or TV show that made us laugh out loud. We couldn't remember a damn thing.
Except this. The Royal Shakespeare Company's 2017 production of Twelfth Night. It doesn't try to be serious or Teach Us About Shakespeare. It's just silly.
In this scene Sir Toby Belch (the brilliant Tim McMullan) tricks Cesario/Olivia (disguised as a young man) and Sir Andrew Aguecheek into a duel. He lies his ass off about each of them being a cold-hearted killer, and both are terrified. I adore Sir Toby's delight in his prank.