#just. AUGH. why doesn't my family care about me in the way i need them to!?

[0boko]

it is so, so difficult to have someone treat you like shit and then hear 'he can't help it! he can't control his body well!' like i don't fucking know that. it doesn't make it hurt any less.

[another-delta-lover]

YAP [RANT] TO ME ABT HEAVY!!!!!

HE'S SO FUCKING PERFECT.

I get MAD when people simp for medic bc, I understand, tumblr insane sexy man blabla yadda yadda IDGAF

You all CAN'T SEE HOW MUCH OF A PERFECT PERSON HE IS. He's such a good person, he's such a good son and older brother, doin the dishes for his mama, caring about the absolute safety of his sisters, LITERALLY SAVING EM FROM A THING I FORGOT IT'S NAME WHEN HE WAS LIKE, IDK FUCKIN <20< ??? HE'S SUCH A GOOD FAMILY MEMBER. HE WOULD PROTECT U SO WELL AND ALWAYS CARE ABOUT UR SAFETY. AUGH ES UN HOMBRE Q RESUELVE LO JURO. HE ALSO RISKS HIS LIFE TO HAVE MONEY FOR THEM??? AAAAAAAAAAA. He does enjoy his job a lot (WHICH I LOVE IN SOMEONE. HELL YEAH ENJOY UR JOB AND GET WELL PAID), But the main reason of him working is just for his family and the money to help them. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?????

Also HE'S SUCH A GOOD TEAMMATE???? HE WILL PROTECT ALL OF HIS TEAM WITHOUT FEAR AND WIN??? AND ALL HE NEEDS IS SOME CUNTY GAY ASS GERMAN DUDE BEHIND HIM??. He could be such a good grandpa/father figure or even just a really good n close friend to all the mercs, but even so, he acts so cold so quiet and mysterious around em🤭

AND ALSO!!! His masculinity ain't broken by showing love to his teammates??? He can hug em and literally yell to them "I LOVE YOU" from across the map??? Sayin "I LOVE YOU DOKTOR!!" Isn't common between men, even less in that time. If he IS gay, good for him! If he isn't, I'm glad he can express how much he loves someone without the fear of lookin weak is something I admire soso muchhh.

He has a minigun the SIZE OF MY FUCKIN BODY THAT HE CAN CARRY RUNNING WITHOUT ANY KIND OF PROBLEM??? HE COULD CARRY ME AROUND LIKE A STICK AND WOULDN'T EVEN AAHAGAJSHDHAGSH DO YOU REALIZE HE TAKES CARE OF THAT GUN LIKE SHE WAS HIS CHILD??? HE'S A GOOD FUCKING PARENT TOO?? AAAHHHH IM NORMAL

He's a good cook, he cooks really nice meals and doesn't mind to share u some, which I wouldn't do bc I don't share my food. HESO NICE AUGHH. I LOVE IT WHEN MA BOI COOKS😭😭😭 IDK WHY THAT MAKES PEOPLE MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR ME.

Also, HE'S SO FUCKING PRETTY???????? IDGAF HE'S BALD, THAT'S THE BEST PARTY. HIS BLUE EYES ARE SO PRETTY N HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ARE SO SILLYY

LOOK AT HIM!!!! AUGHHH

Also his body is so JAHSLAHDJQHDJALSH he so big so perfect😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 His arms are the size of my whole body. AND HIS HANDS AAAAAAAAAA. He so FAT I LOVE HIM. I need him to crush me un a hug so badly. U all don't understand how much of a good body that could be in a relationship. U cold? U hug him problems gone. U wanna be cozy at night but the pillow is too small? He's the biggest pillow and he can hug u back that's soNSHSJAVDJSHD. He can carry u in his arms when u tired, u can lay on his chest and everything.... sighhh.... AND ALSO HE CAN FIGHT A BEAR WITH HIS BARE FISTS AND WIN, THEN EAT IT???? DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THAT IS????? LIKE HOLY FUCK THAT'S LIKE THE PEAK OF MANLINESS FOR ME. The question "would u rather be in a forest with a man or with a bear" I'M CHOOSING THIS BEAR HOLY FUCK HE WOULD PROTECT ME FROM THE BEARS.

ALSO HIS VOICE OH GOD HIS VOICE. It's such a loud and strong voice in English 🤭 even tho he isn't the best at it (me neither), HE SPEAKS IN SUCH A WAY IT MAKES ME KICK MY FEET GIGGLE AND CRY. I need him to say nice stuff to me with his cool asf voice. And when IT'S IN RUSSIAN AHHH😩~ I SWEAR He's such an elegant and polite man😭😭😭 he sounds so professional and ajsvqkebalhdmaoevs And IDC what u all say to me, he could sing so perfectly<3 for me his dialogs of him singing are well sung/GEN. I just imagine him singing:

To me.... Ik the song is kinda sad and not very romantic but IDC HE WOULD SOUND SO PERFECTLY.

HE HAS A PHD IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE LIKE....... HE'S SO FUCKING SMART. HE'S ALSO PRETTY FUCKIN RICH??? IT COST 400,000 DOLLARS TO FIRE HIS WEAPON FOR 12 SECONDS???? AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IF HE KNOWS THAT HE'S 1. really fucking smart 2. THE ONE WHO PAYS??? Even if he wasn't rich I still love him a lot but I'm poor so that would make it slightly better. AND ALLTHE MONEY TO HIS FAMILY MOSTLY AUGHHH ALSHAKSHAKDHA

Also his COSMETICS. HIS FUCKING COSMETICS ARE SO HOT AAAAAAA. Most of em are normal silly hats but WHEN THEY AREN'T. OHMY GOD THOSE DARK GLOVES GOT MY LEGS SHAKIN. AND HAVE YOU SEEN HIM IN SUITS??? OH GOD AUGHHH. Not into mafia people n stuff BUT.... FOR HIM I MAKE A BIG AHH EXCEPTION. And also, i want to point out the fact that HE WEARS DRESSES. I shouldn't make it a big dear but DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S THE 60's-70's???? AND HE'S A BIG RUSSIAN MAN???? He broke the gender dressing codes of the time not only bc he's a man wearing dresses, but a BIG MAN WEARING THEM??? AND A RUSSIAN MAN??? DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THAT MEANS TO ME????💔💔💔💔 Also his hats are cute I like them.

Just to summary:

Medic < HEAVY!!!

Good person I general, son, older brother, teammate, friend, father and possible partner, risking his life for his family.

He doesn't think lovin teammates is weird or GAY. Unless he is, but honestly good for him

STRONG AS HELL. AJGAJAHDJA

GOOD COOK!!!!

PRETTY!!!!!PRETTY REALLY PRETTY!!! HANDSOME

GORGEOUS FREAKING BODY.

FOUGHT WITH A BEAR AND WON

VOICE OF AN ANGEL!!!!

SMART AND RICH??? AND HE DESERVES TO BE RICH.

AMAZING STYLE.

DOESN'T CARE ABOUT GENDER NORMS.

YOU ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND. YOU ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND ME. AAAGHHHHH ILOVEHIM YOU ALL CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU ALL CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T YOU CAN'T YOU YOU ALL CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND.

[rookpaw]

(clutches head and writhes around on the floor) charlotte wh is so fucking. guh. like. (chronic yapping alert + full spoilers under the cut)

you're brought up and raised under a false assumption that you're a genius, the kind who appears only once in 100 years. you're, essentially , coerced into a shady surgery leaving you in (implied) constant pain and permanently stuck with a body that's inaccurate to your mind. and you do it out of devotion because you were a child who'd been thrown away once and by fucking god you need someone, something to latch onto. so of course you'll do anything for the source of that feeling of having your life mean something. having your efforts acknowledged, and being needed. but of course, it's a lie. always was. it falls apart in front of you. should you not be useful, you'll be thrown away. and of course, that breaks you. because well, you kind of always knew that. and you're left to die, in extreme pain, alone. and then you're dead, you've lost everything, and you're forced to simmer on it in a quiet, silent hell where your sole company is unfeeling demons. and you stay in the loop, eternally, re-experiencing your death over, and over, and over.

and like, the quiet, passive hatred charlotte is written with when in the context of all of it is sooo... augh, especially with her parallel to the loud, aggressive lime. charlotte's hatred for humans is distant and nihilistic- people use each other as tools, they deceive each other, attachment is pointless because it's going to be fake anyway. everyone takes the shortest route to benefiting, regardless of who has to be used. her lines about how "kindness and forgiveness allows for evil". her repeated insistence on just killing the other three to noel. you cant trust others. you should just hate everyone, its easier. its why she, at the end, doesn't understand "love" either. because to her, it's always been deception, and something others will take advantage of, so whats the point?

and it's why she bets on ashe - he affirms everything for her. both are people who's extreme devotion to their family caused them to do anything for them, by any means necessary - to harm, to use, anything. i think, to an extent, she can see herself in him. and i think she sees herself in noel too - her hint of sympathy in the hourglass scene, urging him to just give up because it'll end poorly, like it did for her (even if in a different way).

and like, throughout the game, charlotte has this sort of snide detachment from basically everyone. constantly talks about how other people annoy her and how she wants to see as much suffering as possible. but whats always been apparent to me about her is this back and forth she has of very, very slight affection for others before immediately burying it and deciding she "doesnt care". we see it with fiona in the 4th side story in the base game, we see it with noel in the hourglass scene, we see it with claire in the bonus stage, we see it with lime constantly, especially with how she broke down after losing her (if im remembering right anyway, still gotta finish my replay of the sirius conclusion). like, she always immediately covers it up - when in presence of the other demons she claims its part of her scheme, and when not she simply acts like she doesnt actually care. but it's so constant with her that to me it has to be on purpose, and im really, really curious where it goes in future conclusions

anyway i might be wrong about everything and reading her totally wrong, but shes a character i love a lot and ive been thinking about for too long for my own good. i'll come back to this when i finish my replay of sirius's conclusion and can suffer for hours over That One Scene, lol

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

OKAY. OKAY. WINTERS FAMILY TORMENT NEXUS. as i've said before this is all REALLY vague rough outlines bc i wanted to bounce it all back n forth with u. but. what i have:

>winters family (mark & ashe & fridged mom/wife) live in a location hit by the simurgh

>mark is at work when she arrives. something horrific happens at home. maybe his wife is injured or hurt, but not killed. ashe (7/8/9) triggers. whatever his powers are, they. do Not help heal his mom. in fact the opposite.

>mark tears back home asap instead of leaving as soon as he hears her song, actively choosing to stay in her effect zone for his family. finds newly triggered baby ashe & the rest of that scene.

>theyve spent too long in the affected zone to be allowed to go free, especially since ashe triggered from it. mark nukes his whole past life & ashe's to escape without undergoing all the protocols. he spends ages doing shit work to support him & ashe bc theyre both legally dead, ends up working for overlord, manages to get enough of a fake past to get through cauldron background checks & get powers? it'll pay so much better than the grunt work he's doing now & he has to support ashe (powered)(legally dead)(would probably be executed if anyone Found Out)....

anyway to me the trickster is like. the endgame of this specific simurgh rube goldberg. somehow it doesn't end horrifically, for once! but it gets. bad. the fact that they're simurgh survivors is always looming over their heads. its why mark fucking freaks out when ashe joins the wards. literally have nothing more specific than this though u gotta help me put meat on these bones!!!!! STOP "being responsible" and "doing work" and stuff START thinking incessantly abt nhw ashe!!!!! i don't even know his powers bc i have no clue how he triggered!!!! augh. god. them..... mods torture that blonde man in the most narratively satisfying and fucked up way possible!!!!

QUIT YOUR JOB JOIN MY EMO WARDS !!!!!!!!!!!!! god dude god dude I'm gonna be thinking about this all fucking DAY . who needs to be responsible and have a job. not me!!!! FUCK !!!!!!!! dude im just. thinking abt mark being at work getting the notice to evacuate and starting to hear the song and. bc it's important to me that he's a little bit of a coward. it takes him longer than he will ever admit to decide to go back to his family. he definitely hesitates and hates himself for it because. what if he had gotten there 10 minutes earlier! who fucking knows! he never will!!

god man I'm just thinking about. that scene where they're in the hospital waiting to hear back about noelle and the person (ai?) at the desk is giving them the rundown of all the containment procedures and handing them paperwork and asking them if they can pay for the medical care. how fucked up would that be to hear after you're in the midst of losing everything. mark winters the universes most hated man. I looooooove the satisfaction in thinking about that snap decision where he goes from "relatively normal if a little emotionally repressed but otherwise does his best suburban dad" to "my wife is dead and my son is fucked up and there's this fucking sound in my head that won't go away I'm about to erase everything and break several laws in order to get us out of here" and how that eventually leads into. supervillain. it's just soooooooo. sickos haha yessss the downfall of this fucking miserable blonde guy. when do you think he consciously made that choice. he heard "you're never going to get out of here and live a normal life again" do you think he just . sat with that for a while. ashe unresponsive either due to shock or fear or the trauma of triggering/whatever his powers are and mark just has to sit there. by himself. like what the fuck am I gonna do now. auaghghghghhhh I need 2 make him so miserable forever. fuck that guy i hate his ass (<< me when I lie)

I THINK . I NEED TO SIT FOR A WHILE AND FINISH THESE NEXT COUPLE CHAPTERS AND PROCESS A LITTLE MORE BEFORE I MAKE A SOLID DECISION ON ASHES POWERS. but you knowwwww it's gonna be some fucked up horror shit. it has to be. it has to be something fucked up enough that mark forbids him from using his powers and keeps him . at home isolated for his own good. but not TOO fucked that he wouldn't be able to join the wards.

actually speaking of. HOW THE FUCK DOES HE JOIN THE WARDS. I know mark basically fucking erased their whole identity and everything but. there's noooo way the prt would let this kid join them. right?????? right????. how the hell would that even be a possibility with all the precautions in place for simurgh survivors. THEY EXPLODED THAT ONE CAPE GUYS HEAD BECAUSE HE STAYED IN PROXIMITY FOR A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG. maybe it's unofficial. maybe he never Officially joins them but he sneaks out while mark is gone and meets the boys somewhere and they become friends out of costume first. and then they learn about his powers and ashe is like "I can help!" and helps them like. as a rogue or something. but hes never registered as an official cape. is this anything. im thinking about him so much what the fuuuuuck have we done. what have we done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[just-miru]

I think Gumball's parents have a dynamic that is really fucking annoying in most of media (overworked mother who pulls the whole family and fat lazy father who doesn't get involved at all and just sits on the couch all day).

But tawog makes it actually enjoyable and fun because Richard doesn't do the insufferable "bahh I hate my wife bahh my wife makes me work bahh wives am I right bahh I just wanna do nothing all day but my overworked fucking WIFE wants me to actually be INVOLVED and CARE about my FAMILY?? Can you fucking believe it?" thing. He's not uncaring, he's just a massive idiot but, as far as I remember, he actually really loves his family and Nicole (even though she's bossy and scary), and Nicole really loves him (even though he's incompetent and lazy). And I think that's beautiful. Common tawog W.

Block of media analysis no one asked for

adevărat grăit-ai my man!!

they are not just your typical sitcom stereotypes. they are a family.

the way they interact with one another just feels genuine and real.. they care about and love each other very much.. sniff sniff sob.... + we see them struggling like any real family would (from their money related problems to conflicts between them, etc etc)

that's one of the reasons why 'the choices' is one of my fave episodes, actually!! the family is up to their usual shenanigans -> Nicole loses her temper and is about to snap at Richard and the kids.

as she's about to do that she asks herself how did she end up in that situation to begin with and. and she remembers the day she met Richard... she then starts wondering how her life would have changed if she made other choices and in the end, after some possible scenarios + a cute montage showing her and Richard facing together whatever life has thrown at them, she. realises she's truly happy with her life.. she's truly happy with her family. augh sniff sniff sob

and instead of snapping at them, they all end up laughing and having fun... being a 'dysfunctional functional' family, as anais put it in another episode asdfaga (if i remember correctly, anais said something along the lines of 'can you please tell us what's wrong so we can start functioning again in our usual dysfunctional way??')

also!! in the song 'nobody's a nobody' Nicole and Richard have a part in which they sing about each other - 'tu ești mâna mea dreaptă ș-un umăr pe care plâng / tu ești un braț de sprijin ș-o minte când sunt puțin nătâng' (only listened to the song in ro and im too lazy to translate the lyrics asdfaga-) - need i say more? these bitches love each other very much

idk man. I just think they're neat. and i love them

[silvermuffins]

Pokemon Legends Arceus: in for a pokepenny in for a pokepound

listen. it took me a while to start this game but now i'm in and hooked. if anyone has an unused garchomp outfit code pleaase contact, i waaaaant it--

i seem to recall im up against lilligant next so i should proooobably shove every candy i have down my Quilava's throat

currently eating a samosa for breakfast ftr

love samosas

should probably also use my grit dusts and things? i have never understood EVs but man i'm sick of getting one and two shotted constantly

read an unhelpful guide that was mostly about getting grit....oh well time to just grab some and use it

ohhhh i see. okay.

hisuian typhlosion! this ought to help me with lilligant. especially with gritted up stats....i hope

fire/ghost.....oooooh

....this doesn't look like the direction i went before? there are bees here

that's lake valor i DEFINITELY went the wrong way

aaaaaa alpha roserade

AAAAAAA ALPHA HONCHKROW

had to have wyrdeer jump off a cliff to get away now let's wait out the night and head back

hang on gotta have hair care talk with someone to save a life

(for the record? i have a shitton of hair)

okay i finally found how to get to adaman

fuck that was rough

calaba is such a sweet old lady now

volo is SO much

village time again

does some sidequests

and time to get my next star!!!

oh thank FUCK new hairstyle options

don't like that foreshadowing about needing to prove my intentions beyond impugning tho

considering i'm probably gradually getting increasingly possessed by evil spirits

UH OKAY YES SIR PRELUE BEACH SIR

also d'aww kamado said we're all family

new npc squad!!!

really don't like whatever kamado is hinting at

oh time to talk to everyone again

ooooh i probably get to go somewhere new soon...

ginter reminds me of volkner but is not clearly his ancestor so who IS he

currently frustrated by the available hairstyles....none of them are cute enough for me! or if they are they're not long enough!!! or they don't allow hats!!!!

....i will need to catch a second croagunk for my own purposes but yes peselle you may have this one

yes! going somewhere new!!!

ooooh SPOOOKY

lian......oh no i feel for palina already

he's also here to tell me rocks re important

shoves them down my starter's throat.

mmmmm i have requests to do, and a croagunk to recatch.....but i want the new area!!!

oh that was a different melody than usual!

oh, fight

easyyyy

ooh. palina and irida are girlfriends.

which sorta sucks bc i wanted to be girlfriends with irida

maybe they'll be open to sharing

im gettig etter at finding lost satchels!

OKY i have finally gotten to the end of the cape.....dang the volcano. why is this game so pretty?

oh now she's familiar too. another ancestor?

GROWLITHE. BABY.

PROTECC

takes nother stab at a time space distortion, once AGAIN they seem to only appear when i'm low on satchel space...

i think i got all the items that time

volo again???

more details about this ancient hero! collected plates, battled Sinnoh, did the thing before even the Diamond and Peaarl Clans came to Hisui....ten pokemon pals

time to talk to Iscan! ...if there's no Nobles on the Coastlands because Arcanine died, then why is Iscan here?

.....he's asking if he's done something to warrant my visit and i immediately can't remember why i'm here

oh yeah, basculegion

protecc iscan too

ooh! new camp sidequest! yes please!

god there's so many aggro pokemon here

found the wrecked ships! ...this area isn't so spooky right now so i should set up the camp,,,

annnd before i do that it ends up nighttime because i explore the fingers

god wyrdeer is a godsend

augh i see the dusclops i just keep getting ganged up on and it's nearly dawn

i have no idea where to find the guy

aha! going into THIS distortion with a near-empty satchel!

fuck why is everything still made of murder

okay i caught the dusclops

and that's the new camp!

....wait are palina and iscan secret dating

palinaaaaa how u gonna do this to irida!!!

okay this is really sweet actually

and i can see comparisons between traumatized growlithe and shy iskan so like, see! the pup can do it! when he's ready

oh hey it's the bandits

....ladies. that's not.........that one's not the heir........

miserably hot. so they're camping where i'm going anyway.

FUCK YEAH SURF

waity these are hisuian qwilfish what type are they

not....water? they're poison and something else aaaaaa

im doing p good at collecting wisps here

ANOTHER distortion? i'm skipping it this time

oh fuck GYARADOS

holt shit i beat an alpha gyarados that had 21 levels on me

a bit of exploring later and i have set food on Firespit Island

i...guess this is probably Stark Mountain later?

....why is my goddamn satchel always full by the time i get ANYWHERE

and there isn't a fast travel thingy here (yet? there IS an arena)

also i have been keeping my eyes skyward and still not seen the B....but I also couldn't find the N at the horns in the sea

i'll track them all down eventually

abomasnow this time. hm. what do i have that can deal effectively with that....oh right, my beefed up starter! and now toxicroak....okay....uhhh what's good against you.. Staraptor!

oh and now Gengar, in which I think I need to rely on Luxray's bite...wait, first is rhyhorn. Fuck all I have is Spheal and Budew.

that thing took out both of them and staraptor and i forget what's coming next...okay good it's the gengar

AHH IT'S PUBBY. GOODEST PUBBY,

oh snap BIGGER GOOD BOY

OH FUCK

um, no, charm, nothing was going as you wanted

OKAY LET ME HEAL FIRST

hmmm maybe i should evolve spheal....

....hm. i really need more grit. lots more. it did wonders for typhlosion, but i really gotta beef up sealeo.... i'm so FUCKING SICK of EVERYTHING killing my pokemon in one or two hits

pokemon respawn really damn fast here

but also everything here drops grit

continues the grind and does a minigame and finds and unown and continues the grind and finds another unown and hunts down materials to catch it

i'm so close to a walrein...

WALREIN TIME. then healing up, then we do the thing!

and then i died

twice

holy fuck this bastard is cheating

finally

oh yeah wasn't there supposed to be a ghost here

i feel like palina just gave irida away to me

okay time to report in on this immense adventure

goes back with an even 100 tasks to report- oh it stops counting at 99 so i just have "holy shitfuck why so many". caught 38 pokemon.

wait holy fuck is that ingo? just straight up actual ingo??? his coat's all raggedy...

he's wearing a Pearl Clan thing under it though?

coronet highlands next..!

.............yo who the eff is this

wow, mean

god adaman's so progressive and supportive like all the time

holy fuck he really is just. ingo???? ingo buddy did you get isekai'd too

OH NO HE DID. AND HE'S AMNESIAC TO BOOT.....

okay. Sneasler. Sneasel? ice types....and i'll wanna bring something to deal with Electrode......i think Typhlosion's gonna carry me?

anyway first i'm gonna go back to survey some places i couldn't before

gathering some satchels, catching some unown, you know

holy shit i see a gyarados flying around up there

i....would very much like to know how i am to scale this waterfall

back to town for the moment i think i've got most of what i want from the fieldlands for now

accidentally finds wanda in the process of exploring. hello ma'am i completely forgot i was supposed to find you.

damn this game IS full of shinies

doodedoo explorin', unown, etc

let's report findings and hopefully get us a new star...then, new area!

im gonna have to track wanda down again somewhere else huh

ooooh manaphy is in this game....!

got distracted for a bit, super spacey rn

.........probably because all i've eaten today was that samosa and that was more than 12 hours ago,

okay i shoved cereal in my mouth let's gooooo

bitchy warden wants to fight

she's insane

it really is just ingo.....and he barely remembers emmet.....

i have feelings

melli is a huge brat and i wAnt to punch her

aaaaand im nearly to the next objective but am tiring out. tomorrow!

[arinlangdon]

some quick customarily long-winded reactions before the new set in less than an an hour

episode 4

wow, i would love to have Arin teach me all about tea in real life. i'd listen to them for hours

also i like how Arin knows FMC likes citrus. i bet they have her food preferences memorized

"steep" not "seep"

and their lines about relishing the feeling of anticipation before the satisfaction felt like a little tap on the fourth wall. i see you. i see what you did there

episode 5

so i'm taking the scene with Sly to mean that Kipling, Lewis Carroll, HC Andersen, and the Grimms were (are?) part of The Brothers Grimm, and the latter were perhaps the founding members, considering the name. and that Mary Shelley was not—good on her.

one moment Arin asks for space and the next finds opportunities and excuses to stay close to FMC. bud. you're so smitten. when will you realize it.

but that moment when they both realize it's time to part ways and they refuse to let it come to that just yet? and Arin asks to walk her home? and she agrees in the condition that they take the scenic route? augh. my heart.

gasp, i'm so aggrieved that Whitethorn can't grow strawberries locally. they're the best fruit. why, golden silkworms :(( tiny dresses in strawberry patches is a cute mental image though

Arin says that, but it feels like the pot calling the kettle black

the hand-holding... Arin pulling back ;;

why indeed

i don't think i need to say that i feel the same. u_u

episode 6

"I bet they were adorable at that age" what are you talking about, FMC, they're still adorable

i'm glad we're finally getting more information about Arin's family and home life. it sounds like they had a happy one, so now i'm wondering even more why they've refrained from talking about it.

and. are they the eldest, like it's implied? are we ever going to meet the family (probably not)? don't they ever keep in touch via video chat or at least phone calls? how many siblings do they have and what's their relationship with them like? how old are they? how much do they look like Arin? what does their mom do? is their father still in the picture? and and and...

whenever i imagined a massage scene with Arin, i always figured they'd be on the receiving end (goodness knows they need one). not complaining, but when does FMC get to return the favor?? rhythmically thumps table. let us. take. care. of Arin!

Connecticut Woman jealous of her own dang self. more news at 11.

love how she hears about Nora's and Ezra's past lovers and doesn't mind at all, but once she finds out that Arin brought some friend along with them to their super secret job, she gets jealous. (like many things, this can probably can be chalked up to different writers)

i'd love to read those journals of the very first Guardians. they must be fascinating god why aren't they real??

one more mention of Arin's look of intense concentration. i appreciate how much she appreciates the small things about them. me too, FMC, me too

yeeees more Guardian lore... the very first one was a witchy woman and i love that. and if The Brothers Grimm were originally witch hunters, how did they eventually become a power-hungry secret society of writers? i hope we get more history lessons.

and That Scene. the forehead kiss!! the unknown words!! god it's so sweet it's so sweet

it breaks my heart how Arin only allows themself to show their affection for her when nobody else is around and even she's not aware of it.....

but also, What did Arin say to her as she was falling asleep. was it... cute fluffy stuff? serious romantic stuff? confused pondering on their or her feelings? a confession of how much they wish they could be more honest with her re: the memory spell? what did they say?? will we ever get to find out?? i need to know Arin please tell us when will you tell us

how is she going to react to waking up in Arin's bed. how do they feel about her feeling asleep in their room