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now the post i got onto this account to make-

oh my Gosh- so... the andre and kiela crumbs at the end of season 6 episode 9... are they going back into This direction perhaps? i tbh am very much not mad at this...i do kinda wish we'd gotten to see or at least hear about kiela and brandon more since she spent the summer with him and he's not been mentioned at all this season despite that... but i'm not mad about the re-emergence of kiela and andre... there was obviously that initial just- attraction at the start... and sure, maybe it was just attraction then, but now... their lives and surrounding circumstances have changed, and they have a genuine friendship... and she's right- she Does believe in him... and i Do think he needs that.

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if you're not too busy, can you give your thoughts on season 4??? been missing your analyses!!

hey anon- i popped into this blog to post something completely unrelated, but seeing this ask i'll just do a semi-brief response to this: (news flash to the me who started this answer- this is no longer brief)

i haven't watched season 4. i've seen clips. i know the spoilers. i don't know that i will actually be watching it, sad as that is for me when there are certain things i wanted to watch develop properly... i might at some point, but it doesn't look to be something i necessarily want to actually properly watch start to finish...

before anyone comes at me for having strong opinions on a season i haven't watched top to bottom- don't. i don't need to have seen every shot to have a very solid understanding. i've seen a lot via socials... i "know what i'm talking about" to the extend i need to here. people are going to have their own subjective opinions, myself included, whether they've seen every second or haven't.

i told my friend on the phone when it came out that after seeing everything it seems like season 4 is more like retcon: the musical: the series...

if anyone has anything Specific they'd like talked about, i'd probably be happy/willing to do so, but admittedly, i'm not super keen on enduring the disrespect that was done to the early two seasons of the series...

also similarly- if anyone wants my thoughts on specific aspects of an alternative season 4... like things i could've envisioned for it pre- like- us getting any content... whether it's end of season 3 compliant or even like- conceptually compliant... i'm down to perhaps talk about that kind of stuff? or a sort of five season thought process... since obviously ending the series in the middle of the school year... pretty odd... especially with how they were acting like oh no this is the End...

my thoughts on this show are largely based in my understanding of the series format and arcs based in season 1 and season 2... season 2 is a very grounded season for all it tries to accomplish with limited degrees of success... i know people dislike it for various reasons, i think i actually like it for some of the reasons some people dislike it. and conversely a lot of people like season 3 for the reasons i dislike it. (and i'm not talking ships here folks- i'm talking stories and i'm talking style)

also for all i'm saying here- and this is definitely not to the degree of a traditional analysis post i would make... i would be willing to get into certain things if i am asked about them specifically.

before anyone comes here to scream at me- the thing i dislike about the season was the way it was done- not certain things being done in general. also i think it's a bit sad that they didn't think the story they were telling in season 4 couldn't stand on its own legs and needed all the associated retcon to make sense... there were ways to pull off a lot of what they wanted to accomplish- while still respecting the series and its roots

i think the conclusion i've come to in large part is that season 4 is not the same show as season 1. this is in a lot of ways, and for a lot of reasons. some out of the writers control. some just- due to changes in climate and in process. i know there's been more effort in the latter two seasons to listen to actors more with what they want, which changes things too. this can be a good thing in some cases and less so in others i tend to think (and this is an opinion i hold beyond this show)... i think there's been some disrespect done to different characters in different ways. i think characters have been somewhat reshaped to fit the narrative the show now wants to follow rather writing a narrative which fits the original characters. (and yes this can be done while having character growth/progression.)

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one thing i'm very happy with, to end this post on a positive note: kourtney and her story. from all i've seen- she was handled very, very well this season, and it's wonderful to see how far this girl has come. she was only supposed to be a one episode character in season 1 initially before dara auditioned and changed the game, and i think that shows in kourtney's lack of initial depth that first season. she's gotten so much more to do, and i think dara's talents being showcased in the latter two seasons even more has been a wonderful thing. i'm thrilled- and i also love that kourtney got a very solid college arc, i think that was important to do with at least one of the characters, and i'm pleased it was her. she deserves it.

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also... not to be a rini in the tags in 2023 when y'all don't seem to allow that for no good reason but...

the implications of mike and lynne sitting next to kourtney's mom...

the fact that ricky's parents and kourtney's parents have probably known each other since the kids were in elementary school... because kourtney and nini have been besties since they were in elementary school (actual timing unknown), and ricky and nini have been best friends since kindergarten...

so since their kids are best friends with nini they all end up hanging out together a good amount or at least going to a lot of the same events and things and so the parents have probably been like- at least somewhat of friends over the years... and i just. soft. like i know they were probably seated together for convenience of getting the shots, but- in universe it's so wonderful to think about how all these people are connected...

and the fact if we get a moment of them talking... we could get a mention of it being weird being at a musical nini's not in... Yeah. that's not on my priority list of nini mentions, but- could be cute...

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big red literally going to egypt for six months in the aftermath of the frozen documentary is certainly one way to reckon with the fact you're giving him less screentime to prioritize new series regulars...

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taylor and cooper are hardcore swifties and nobody can convince me otherwise. taylor is a 1989 girlie and cooper is a speak now truther. i am correct.

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I love Imogen and I would fight for her.

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yall wanna hate teenage girls soooo bad, tell me why i’m ALREADY seeing people shitting on imogen based on a couple seconds of the trailer and a still from the show😭

i’ve seen so many people asking why she’s so buddy buddy with ben and why she feels the need to ask where nick met his current friend group and it’s like????

she had an established friend group that unfortunately includes ben… SHE DOES NOT KNOW. WHAT HAPPENED. BETWEEN BEN AND CHARLIE. in fact, NO ONE besides nick and charlie’s friend group does. (i don’t even remember if charlie’s friends even know but it still stands that it’s between a limited group of people that know the extent.)

and the whole thing with asking how nick got to know everyone else?? literally a harmless question and i’m pretty sure she already knows about nick and charlie based on last season, and i feel like they’re gonna build it up to “she knows but also wants to be subtle in letting nick know she’s a safe place for him since she’s over her crush”

just watch the show when it comes out?? god forbid a teenage girl exists in a show about teenagers 😭

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This scene is so beautiful. THIS SCENE IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

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Ken Ncuti and Barbie Emma just wanting to be friends and having a cute reunion is such a sweet Sex Education easter egg

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GUYS YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS, BUT WE FINALLY WON!!

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One thing that tickled me about the Barbie movie was how Gloria's husband is (imo) a 'Real World' Ken.

We see very little of him in the movie. In both of his scenes, he's trying to speak/learn Spanish. He does nothing important or if consequence in terms of the plot... But he's trying to learn a language his wife and daughter speak. He's not excelling, I'm not even sure if he's succeeding. But he is kensistently trying.

For all of the 'Real World' men who are antagonists or opponents to Barbie, El Esposo de Gloria (as he is listed in the credits) has true Kenergy.

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“The idea of a loving God who’s a mother, a grandmother— who looks at you and says, ‘Honey, you’re doing OK’— is something I feel like I need and I wanted to give to other people. If I cut that scene, I don’t know why I’m making this movie.”

— Greta Gerwig

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if we’re getting a song early for this season it should be releasing this week (based on past precedent), so i would be keeping an eye out! 

feel free to let me know if you have any particular songs (or types of songs) you would want as that first look / preview song for the season !!! i for one kind of want a fun group number like it’s on was pre-season 3.

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Also, props to Allan???

He's a doll most people have never heard of. He got discontinued forever ago cause he was perceived as gay by consumers and they didn't like that.

But I love that he had an actual role in Barbie. He was very queer coded, yeah, but he didn't like when all the Kens turned to Patriarchy. He was so uncomfortable that he wanted to abandon Barbieland all together. He knew it was wrong.

And then he helped the Barbies get themselves back. He had a pink jumpsuit and sunglasses and went out all stealthy to get the Barbies in the van. He even voted at the end to keep the constitution the way it was.

Big Allan fan over here.

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We've all gotten just a bit too comfortable being jerks to strangers on the internet I think

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I WONT BE SILENCED ANY LONGER

It was ALWAYS Ben and if you didn’t catch on, you didn’t catch on 🤷‍♀️

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The brothers Green being cute.