#but i didn't know abt the others. we all just gravitated to each other which is nice. one of them isn't even out to family or friends

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[the-paris-of-people]

not to be mean but kinda cuz why are d4xtons so delusional? and i love paxton but devi and paxton would never be the type to wait for each other or keep up with a distance relationship. paxton wasn’t willing to do that on s2 (ben was btw). they are not even close enough friends to keep up with one another in the same place. with ben that’s believable cuz they have a foundation that has never been shown w paxton. ben and devi can be close friends while in other relationships. ben and devi only talk when they are together because outside of that there’s not common ground. devi not knowing paxton was going to work at school as a coach just meant they didn’t communicate at all the whole summer break. she wouldn’t care abt paxton if he wasn’t back in school. he is meant to be just her high school dream and i think this will be touched upon on season 4.

and now they’re saying ben and devi being all about sex now but that’s been d4xton’s whole foundation since the show started? devi went after paxton because he was hot and wanted to have sex w him. it remained the same until season 2. on season 3 devi realized she wasn’t ready. and wouldn’t be fair for both devi and paxton to be with people that are in the same life stages as them? growing up with them?

the way some dxtons are acting because devi didn’t own her first time to paxton so idk why they are self inserting on devi. she was not comfortable having sex w paxton but did when ben. that’s her choice.

paxton is great just not w devi.

okay I really like this ask and there's a lot to talk about here.

1.) I totally agree Paxton and Devi are not close at all- they didn't even talk AT ALL (or barely at all) after they broke up TWO YEARS AGO when they dated for TWO MONTHS. In an actual high school timeline, they would never speak to each other again. If Paxton didn't work at her school, they never would've spoken, and you're totally right, they weren't even close enough for Devi to know he was working at Sherman Oaks! Also... can we just comment on the fact that the writers MADE Paxton drop out of college (I am like 90% sure) and act as a swimming coach at his former high school just to revive Devi and Paxton's relationship? Like, I'm sorry, but that is so extreme and a testament to how distant they are. Meanwhile, Ben and Devi just naturally wind up speaking to each other again because they gravitate towards each other and share common interests (extracurricular activities, classes, etc.) I feel like also aside from the short period of time they didn't speak after the cheating, they've always been in each other's lives. Daxton doesn't have that history.

2.) I haven't heard them saying that Ben and Devi are all about sex, but that's genuinely so weird. The reason the sex is such a big deal and why Ben getting with Margo after sleeping with Devi is so hurtful is because it was such a personal decision for Devi and she only did it with Ben because she's emotionally connected to him and felt comfortable enough to do it. I don't necessarily agree the Daxton relationship was all about sex for Devi, although it started off that way, I think it's more about Devi's pressure to conform to societal coming of age standards and the idealized lifestyle of an (American, because let's be real that's a huge part of it) teenager, while Paxton sees Devi as a representation of the person he wants to be (bolder, smarter, more exciting).

3.) I totally agree and I love that you said it's not fair to EITHER of them. Honestly the main reason I am annoyed with Daxton is not only because it's a huge character regression moment for Devi, but also for Paxton! Like he really was doing so well with his life and moving on... only to go backwards which is maybe what going back to his high school to assistant coach represents I am not sure.

4.) YES this is my main complaints about Daxton, it seems so much more focused on Paxton then how they are as a couple. The self-insertion is too real, it drives me crazy. If any of these people were anything like Devi, they would never date a Paxton.

[immaterial-pearl]

Calling my narrative manipulative just because I personally didn't like the direction Mel's character took in s2 and I enjoy jayvik, on a very basic post in which i don't get into more details on what specific parts of her arc I didn't like feels like you're just assuming I posted this in bad faith.

Mel has the basis for being a great character, the reason I compare her to Shiv Roy (a character from Succession and a personal favourite of mine) is that she hits a lot of the same beats of characters I gravitate towards. In s1 we get little of her own perspective and with s2 giving her more screentime I wanted to explore more of the basics of her s1 arc- her polical career, her relationship with her mother beyond just the affair, and her childhood with her, her mother's relation to the black rose etc.

I know that she did have a lot of time spent on her family, I could have worded this better, but basically what I mean is that a lot of it, is from a distance. She's far away from the main setting during her focus episode, we don't see her relationship to Piltovers facism, or at least as much as I wanted to see that.

Beyond that, as I said before, I was looking fowards to exploring her relationship with Jayce- I really liked how s1 laid groundwork for them to have a compelling falling out, and maybe work it out and come back to each other. All we got was a single scene of Jayce calling out Mel's manipulation and no acknowledgment of Mel's honest feelings towards Jayce.

I'm not taking your reblog as a bad thing- I know a lot about how fandom misogyny can get, and as someone who tends to like more female characters than male, I also get easily defensive and assume the worst abt people.

Just wanted to explain myself and my point of view.

I really wanted to like Mel because she’s literally just steampunk Shiv, however her s2 arc just ruined her for me. Instead of actually going into her political intrigue, family trauma and trying to navigate her relationship with a man she manipulated for years and how Jayce changed after Viktor’s first death, they just drop her into the void and give her super special magic. Great. Reducing a female character to just aesthetic scenes and ignoring any parts of her sgory that were achieved by her autonomous decisions.

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Have you seen the new JWST (James Web Space Telescope) pictures yet??! I don’t know how into space you are but if you couldn’t tell from my blog I’m a huge space nerd. Now I am coming to your inbox to show you two of my fav pics from the new release and why they are awesome!

Stephan’s Quintet

This one is so cool because it is five galaxies interacting with each other! The telescope actually picked up on school waves of one of the galaxies smashed through the cluster! This is also JWST’s biggest image yet! It was constructed from 1,000 different image files! This image helps astronomers study how interacting galaxies impact star formations.

SMACS 0723

Okay, this one legit got sm hate bc everyone was like “uh, it’s just stars, can’t this new telescope do something better?” BUT, this image is special! First off, want to point out and say that this isn’t just “a bunch of stars” all those spots you are seeing are galaxies! This image is showing how this galaxy looked about 4.6 billion years ago. This galaxy cluster’s combined mass acts a gravitational lens, so like a magnified glass. It magnifies the galaxies behind it which some are when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Anyways, sorry to nerd out and distract you from writing. Feel free to nerd out any time if you want to me too. Idc abt what either, it could literally be about rocks and I would listen lolz.

THIS IS SO COOL!!!!! I heard about new photos being released but I didn't really look into it. Its so crazy to think that we are this little tiny itty bitty part of the universe. I personally am convinced that aliens are definitely out there. For the fact that all the things that make us up are the most common things found in the universe. Like carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and helium. With all the space out there, there just has to be SOME sort of life beside us. Thank you so much for sharing the pictures, they're honestly really really cool. If you have more please share!! I don't mind at all about you nerding out its completely fine.