#anyways im on my tgp rewatch

[waterberry-strawmelon]

man, i wish The Good Place would've been more upfront about how the entire "soulmates" concept was literally just made up by The Bad Place for Michael's torture experiment. the show never outright acknowledges this, and yet, towards the end of season 1, a huge portion of the conflict and torture comes about through figuring out who likes who and the moral implications of confessing love and the expectations of love versus "dying alone" as it were. and i'm actually kind of frustrated they never brought it up again! the show takes soulmates as a real concept up until like...the series finale, maybe? if i remember correctly?

if only the show's creators had taken one teeny tiny step forward and been more overt about our society's views on love literally equating to torture. but alas, alloromantic folks will never take that extra logical step. alloromantic people accidentally imply all the time that, on some subconscious level, they understand that the societal weight we put on romance is oppressive and stifling. AND YET. it's still too scary for them to outright denounce romance, because it holds too much social and cultural weight (as both a concept and an institution). so that's fucking frustrating.

it's like...yes, you're literally so close to understanding the problem here, guys. im begging you to just make the connection and say it outright.

[v-i-r-i-d-i-a-n]

(This is more of a personal post/rant so just like ignore it if you want)

Im so so so so tired of the ST fandom- I’ve been taking a bit of a tumblr break recently, I’ve been getting sick a lot (nothing srs, it’s just summer and my body hates it) and like trying to get diagnosed with POTS and all sorts of stuff- but specifically from the ST tag because it’s so negative all the time- there’s so much hate going on, and like I used to just focus on the positive stuff (shout out to my Henry Moots/Henry cultists, y’all are the best) but it’s gotten harder especially with the rise and fall of popularity with filming going on- and just how much hate this fandom throws at each other FOR NO REASON-

And IK that’s like every fandom ever, I know all fandoms have their flaws, I get that- but it just makes me *so sad* because I used to love it, every single bit of it. Byler was the reason I got tumblr in the first place ST was the reason I hopped on and got super into analyzing and it just makes me upset looking in on it now because..everything is so so negative

and this isn’t like a goodbye post to the ST fandom, I love this show and the story they’ve made and everything that’s coming together, I think my moots are awesome and I love a select few Byler accs, and I giggle and twirl around at BTS like any other fan. But I’m just tired, and I don’t get that same happiness and giddiness from the fandom anymore. I’m gonna go on a rewatch with my friend soon once we finish TGP, hopefully anyways, im just sorta sad ig

And this isn’t meant to come off bitchy or whiny or anything like that, it’s just BAGHH I WISH I STILL COULD FEEL SO SO HAPPY IN IT AND LIKE EVERYTJING WAS PERFECT- and im aware that complaining about how toxic smth is won’t make it better and it does make me come off as whiny, but im also allowed to miss what it was and feel nostalgic

[possum-tooth]

just remembered cafe girl is GAY IM-

[risaonda]

[nikosasakis]

Oh me too, I hate that we have to split entire comments over several asks. Yeah I'm not gonna lie, it is stressful especially imo if you move somewhere else where you don't have family or know anyone at first, and on top of that with anxiety/depression, it's def not the best mixture. But I actually do like the idea of living abroad; I'd love to have stayed home, but apart from my family, it really hasn't much to offer. Oh yeah, I think they should all cut us some slack 1/4

Oh man that sucks. I've only watched bits of HF 0 here and there, probs only from the first few seasons (because that network back home repeats a lot of the initial seasons of pretty much every show it broadcasts, and I never actually know when they air the recent seasons), so I'm def not caught up with anything, but man that sucks. I hate it when characters have gone through a huge character development over several seasons and at the last minute the producers decide to ruin everything 2/4 Oh yeah and channel four hasn't aired all of s7 from B99. Sometimes I'm quite surprised that back home there's quite a good number of shows that are only about 2 weeks behind the American schedule, considering how late everything usually arrives in Europe. I've sort of been rewatching 911 by forcing my mum to watch it back home and then commenting on it with her. I know what you mean; I felt empty when TGP ended. Oh sorry about the spoilers. For me, B99 and TGP are great companions 3/4 I feel like tumblr keeps eating the last ask. I think I was meaning to say that B99 and TGP are comfort shows for me too. Like the perfect shows to have playing on the background. And oh yeah, now that pretty much every network is delaying its shows until Jan 2021 or later, maybe now's the time to actually start a new show, not that I think my brain will do it, because whenever I have the change, it just decides to rewatch something 4/4

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Or even if they had like anon IMs, I would be fine with that. But oh well. Yeah, I can imagine that, I don’t think I’d be able to cope well at all. 

I do love H50 but yeah this season’s been a bit... interesting. I brought my mother the entire box set (well S1-9) so we had the most of it anyway, and then S10 was on NowTV so, we’ve managed to watch it all. But yeah! He had this huggeeee redemption arc and then they just ... fucked it up in the last season and I’m beyond salty about it.  Yeah, we tend to usually get things so late in England, which is why I usually stream things to avoid spoilers. 

Yeah! That’s why I’m avoiding the end episodes, think I’m still indenial about it. It’s cool, I’m used to the spoilers, I don’t usually mind them, but it kinda gave away the entire season lmao. Still not as bad when someone spoiled Endgame for me though (I was so mad). 

They really are!! It’s nice to just have them on in the background, and Tumblr definitely tends to eat so many asks.

I do think I need to start something new, I just gotta figure out what!