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To have a fuckass mullet is to have true freedom

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oh my god what the FUCK was that

okay, the two things i liked first. pros:

surprisingly, being a game truther, i liked the changes made to the tv station. having the soldiers strung up in the dark with the floodlights and thunderstorm gave that scene a brutality and scariness it doesn't have in the game, and dina and ellie having to sneak out like they did was very high-stakes and suspenseful.

ellie's "i would die for you. i would. but that is not what just happened" whole bit was so good i went back and rewatched it. her admission about her immunity and the dialogue in that moment felt true to ellie's character. isabella and bella did a great job with that scene. of course it makes no sense that ellie is surprised that dina is pointing a gun at her, but whatever. for the most part, that scene was done really well.

okay, now for the cons. buckle up, because there's a lot of them.

why the fuck are the making dina and ellie a happy little couple? "i'm gonna be a dad" give me a fucking BREAK??? i can't even express how antithetical to the story of the game this is. because ellie is not happy about this baby, she's horrible to dina, she's so wrapped up in revenge that she can't think about anything else. making them like...... dream up a baby registry is SUCH a mistake. and having dina go with ellie? this is supposed to be the part where ellie goes truly unhinged. she loses every shred of morality. not even dina and her baby can bring her back from the precipice, even all the way to the bitter end when she's built a life with them. she goes alone, to plow through all of seattle, to become a cold-blooded killer, to kill abby at any cost. but nope! now here comes mommy and daddy on a fun little killing spree while they think up colors for the nursery. what the fuck, genuinely.

like, not to be dramatic, but it's...... completely shredding the most intense and important character development in the story. tonally the game makes a very clear divide between jackson and seattle, and the show is forcing warm, intimate, loving moments into what is supposed to be a cold, gloomy, numb-feeling section of the story. ellie doesn't respond well to dina being pregnant. this is the moment where she really shows a side of herself that is so steeped in anger and fear and grief that she almost never gets over it. whether she will ever get over it is, like, a major question the game leaves us with. why are they screwing with that? why are they making ellie more palatable? let her be fucked up!!!

as for dina, what in the chappel roan comphet coming out trauma is going on with her. i actually hate how they've turned the confident bisexual woman from the game into...... whatever this dina is. i'm just personally not that interested in "my parents didn't approve, i was confused, i'm not brave, i tried to force it with a guy" whatever kind of bisexual storyline this is. maybe some people are. but i liked dina how she was in the game: simply, unapologetically, confidently bisexual. we don't have to have trauma in our coming-out stories. we can just be bisexual.

also, it's weird that they made dina and ellie's first sexual intimacy be some weird trauma-bond, heat of passion, right after a near-death-experience kind of thing. dina and ellie sleeping together in the game felt sweet, tender, flirty, warm, safe. this felt rushed and strange and insincere. it felt cheap, maybe. i can't really describe it. it was like it was written for straight men. like, graphic, rain-soaked, sloppy, hair down and makeup smudged. maybe i'm in the minority on this but it feel good to me. i'm interested to know what people thought about it.

i think we're spending way too much time on isaac. perhaps if we hadn't wasted so much time in jackson in therapy we'd have time for development on isaac, but we don't really have time now.

anyone holding onto the "here's how tommy can still kill all of seattle" dream can put the tin hats away. it's not happening. and it sucks and it's a waste. but it's clearly not happening.

also, these are maybe nitpicky and not really story related, but:

didn't love the graphic content this episode. maybe that's a me thing. but the stupid josh peck gratuitous vulgarity, the full nudity in the torture scene, the straight up sex with dina end ellie - i know that's hbo's style, but i think we've maybe lost the art of subtlety.

everybody's said this but their clothes look brand new even after they've been crawling through mud and rain and whatever. it looks fake and weird.

in that same vein, ellie's bite marks have all looked super clean and not gnarly as if she's almost gotten her arm gnawed off. also she gets bit every other tuesday so it's lost its wow factor.

okay, i know i said a lot but that episode truly was a lot. come talk to me here or on my tlou blog @ellies-miller about your thoughts on this episode! i want to know what everyone thought and discuss it!

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new chapter of asphalt & chrome 🏎️

“You caught the race?” She kept her eyes trained on him as he walked over to the car and inspected it.

“I did. I expected better.”

read here on ao3

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about that game i played over winter break

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Me, clicking on my ao3 kudos & comment emails the morning after I post:

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this fic very much started as me just wanting to write an f1 au and also have Johnny and V freak it in the garage after hours but it is slowly turning into a a fic about expectations and being made into a product. Current f1 treats their drivers as products,,,imagine how they treat drivers in 2077?

kinda love that my f1 AU fic has gone from silly silverv rivalry with fast cars to Johnny and V reckoning with the expectations that have been put on them

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kinda love that my f1 AU fic has gone from silly silverv rivalry with fast cars to Johnny and V reckoning with the expectations that have been put on them

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Hey cool that the fuckin US is trying to interfere with our election! Blatantly!

Extremely funny that even fuckin Dutton was like...this meeting didn't happen bro.

Anyway, fuck these dogs. Dutton get cast into the earth's crust challenge.

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The Old Guard - Nicky and I met in the Crusades.The love of my life was of the people I’ve been taught to hate.

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hiiii so australia’s federal election is tomorrow !!!

if you are australian and voting tomorrow, PLS REMEMBER TO VOTE THE GREENS FIRST !!! vote to keep the lnp out !!!! 1 the greens, 2 labor, and liberals & one nation last !!!

vote against this evil ballsack i beg u

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🕯️ 🕯️

🕯️ manifesting 🕯️

a decisive loss

🕯️ for Peter Dutton 🕯️

and the LNP tmrw

🕯️ 🕯️

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little reminder for my american peeps but if you see your aussie friends saying shit like ‘fuck the libs’ in the lead up to the election this week, just remember that the liberals are our conservative party and is currently being led by a guy that legitimately looks like voldemort

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Hey Australians,

Use your vote in the best interest of people with less privilege than you.

Do you research to make an educated and informed decision.

Don’t joke vote.

Don’t donkey vote.

Don’t vote just to avoid copping a fine.

If you don’t vote or don’t vote seriously then go donate $100 to a local community/social service org.

Do your research.

Being informed is easy and it’s how we show compassion to others while voting.

Showing empathy and compassion is easy.

Don’t fuck this up.

Put the effort in.

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i hate ur boyfriend moodboard

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Btw if I say things like “by god” or “good lord” in posts please be aware I don’t mean it in a catholic way I mean it in a 1950s scientist reacting in horror after they create an evil creature in the lab set in the distant future year of 2005