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can i just say how delighted i am by live action Luffy. he is so chill & happy-go-lucky but then you look at his eyes and realise that something is deeply Wrong with him. love it.

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more of this disaster duo

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rewatching and the way luffy has no concept of personal space within his friendships is so endearing to me. the way he'll lay his head on nami's and straddle zoro and squeeze-hug koby without a single thought that it might be too much too fast. he loves like a little kid, and he sees the world like one too - just a massive playground where anything can happen. it's easy to see why his crew are drawn to him, especially nihilists like nami and zoro who have seen the worst of people. he represents the hopeful little kids inside them 😭

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they're coping...... | THE BEAR

bonus:

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Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu The Bear (2022-present) costume design by Courtney Wheeler

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Concerned Carmy™

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Carmy and Sydney sharing the same brain

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― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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you make me better at this

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moodboard: thiam

inspired by @attempted--eloquence's beautiful fic Handle With Care

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Y'all, Kelly McCormack put so much into this character

Full article here: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6553793

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We’ve been at this all night, Lu. Let’s check back home. Scared animals always return to the familiar.

ESTI GONZÁLEZ, LUPE GARCIA & JESS MCCREADY in A League of Their Own (2022-)

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the thing about jess mccready is that she cares SO MUCH!!! she cares about everything and everyone and it is so goddamned obvious!

she looks at esti, this girl who left home at sixteen years old to play baseball. jess is the only person on the team who makes any effort to communicate with her and check in with her and tries to make her feel included!

she knows carson is not only gay, but involved with greta, and she doesn't tell a soul about either of them, not even lupe- she gives them their privacy without them even having to ask for it.

the second maybelle mentions that she hasn't seen esti, jess is up and looking for her, and she is visibly torn up when lupe is translating the letter. and then when esti crashes the car because she's fighting with lupe, jess gives them space to work out their shit!

she is SO emotionally intelligent and she shows it over and over again by caring for her team at every opportunity.

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the dyke roommate antics of greta badly covering up the fact that she's been booty called by carson while jess just sits there knowing full well exactly what's going on is SO funny and we should linger on it for a little while i think

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i know everyone has already posted about how aloto portrays all these different kinds of women/lesbians/etc etc but honestly having a butch character who is SO uncomfortable with having to present as feminine & straight passing rly hit with me. lupe and jo obviously prefer to wear pants, but they're both able to switch into dresses & skirts when needed. it may not be their first choice, but it isn't the end of the world for them.

but it is the end of the world for jess. i think a lot about kelly mccormack's interview where she says that jess never really had to pretend to be anyone else before, and how disruptive that would be for her. how she's never had to look in the mirror and not recognize herself before. the fact that jess looks the most vulnerable when she's being forced into femininity. like, knowing that femininity isn't something that works for you and having to perform and fit in with it anyway is so!!

like!!! look how upset she is!! even though jess is introduced in the first episode as this kind of hard, tough tomboy ("you ever heard of shut the hell up?") she's immediately shown to be vulnerable and to have this weak moment when the league (and society) are asking her to do something that is so at odds with who she is. she knows who she is, and she likes that person, she is comfortable with that person. so why the hell do they want to fix her so bad? i think it's a great demonstration of how damaging that kind of societal pressure can be.

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The Roomies™

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Ok I guess this is a little head cannon/prompt request but I’ve just been thinking about what if next season esti (when she’s 18 and has a little more english under her belt) gets asked on a date by a sweet nice boy and jess and lupe have to be her chaperones

Anon, you’re a genius, this is so funny, I am kissing you on the forehead.

Lupe would be so worried! It would not be funny at first, she would be seriously freaking out.

Because she’s definitely had very bad experiences with men so she would immediately be on alert & super resistant to the idea.

Estí would think it was just Lupe being grumpy, but Jess knows something is up.

Lupe explains her worries to Jess & Jess tries to set her mind at ease by telling Lupe about her brothers back home and some of her male friends from Moose Jaw to show her that not all guys are as bad as the ones Lupe encountered when she was younger.

& Jess is kind of like, isn’t it better that she likes men? At least she can go out on a date in public without worrying.

They both know what it’s like to be told you can’t go out with the person you really want, so grudgingly, Lupe agrees.

Estí wants Jess & Lupe to come and Sarge says okay, probably because she can tell how nervous Lupe is, and she definitely has a soft spot for Jess.

I think Estí would be a lot more understanding towards Lupe after finding out about her daughter, and I think Lupe would try to be a lot nicer to Estí.

But Lupe & Jess would be so nervous getting ready. Like, they don’t know what to wear, they don’t want to intimidate the guy!

Maybelle & Greta would help Estí get ready & Lupe would freak out when she saw her because she looks so grown up and beautiful.

Jess is also taken aback. They’re both surprised by how much Estí grew over the year.

Lupe has to take a minute after seeing Estí. Jess finds her in her room nervously pacing.

Jess just pulls her into a hug.

Lupe struggles but eventually gives up and lets Jess hold her for a minute.

“We’ll be there the whole time,” Jess says.

Lupe nods, not saying anything.

The guy would be nice, I believe it in my heart. Jess & Lupe didn’t raise Estí to have bad taste in men.

And he would be very respectful and nice to Jess and Lupe… which would annoy Lupe because she’s trying to dislike him. But he would definitely introduce himself and shake their hands.

Jess would be cautiously optimistic because she definitely has male friends back home & is used to her brothers.

Lupe is still suspicious.

But he’s actually very nice to Estí, speaking totally in Spanish and not seeming to mind that her English is very limited.

After being silent for the first twenty minutes Lupe would crack and ask him where he learned Spanish, and he would say one of his parents is from Mexico.

Estí would so excitedly tell him that Lupe is Mexican too

Lupe would be annoyed by it, but would answer his questions about what part of Mexico and how she grew up.

She catches herself smiling at him and makes herself stop.

Jess is smiling at all of them.

At one point, he asks if Estí and Lupe are sisters and Estí just grins and says yes :)

Lupe is having a big day full of emotions & she is tired of it.

When they’re done with their meal the guy asks if he can walk Estí home

Lupe says no but Jess is like woah woah woah, it’s fine, he can walk her home, Lu.

Jess and Lupe walk slightly behind them. Watching intensely.

Jess puts her arm around Lupe’s shoulder. Mostly out of fondness. A little bit so she has advance warning if Lupe starts to charge this innocent man.

When they get back to the house Jess makes Lupe wait like ten feet away from the porch, holding her back as they watch Estí give the boy a kiss on the cheek.

“Can I please kill him now?” - Lupe

Jess gives Lupe her own kiss on the cheek and she temporarily shuts up.

That night Estí is soooo happy, telling the whole house all the details in quick Spanish and a little bit of English, which she is getting better at.

& before she goes to bed she gives Lupe a big hug and thanks her for being so nice all night.

All in all Lupe isn’t too worried about her after that.

But Jess talks her down when she gets upset about Estí growing up.

Overall I’m obsessed with them as a little family and I would die for Estí.