#literally just yapping

[count210bullshit]

emily skeggs did such a fucking amazing job in dinner in america, I wish she was in more movies/tv shows. patty is such a cool character

[kandyzee]

I love season 1 mandy and season 2+ mandy for different reasons. Yeah, they are the same character, but I appreciate the different eras in separate ways. I don't really have a favourite like most people do.

Season 1 mandy is great because it shows us how young she is. We are introduced to a very fun, loving 15-year-old girl. She's sassy and easy to love. Her problems are never talked about with any weight behind it, and to me, that's PERFECT. So many of her actions are framed more "childish" at least in my eyes. Seasons one mandy just makes me appreciate her in later seasons even more.

We need to see that she is a typical young girl. She has boy trouble and gets in arguments with her friends over eyeliner. Mandy has dyed hair and a relatively distinct fashion sense. She's still trying to find herself just like everyone else.

When we watch mandy grow and full into bad situations, s1 mandy is what makes it make sense.

Mandy in the later seasons is amazing cause she shows (VERY WELL) how growing up in an environment like she did can change a person. We see lots of her problems clearly and I think that's because she's at an age where she can really recognise them. It's these seasons we are introduced into her depth as a character.Mandy is s1 called her brothers for help with Ian (ik he did nothing wrong) but she goes to that teachers house herself s3. Mandy matures.

I think a lot of people wouldn't sympathise with mandy nearly as much in later seasons if she straight up introduced as this complex independent and troubled teengirl.

We see her ups and downs. Right before mandy leaves the show and seems to be getting her shit together, it's nice to know that she's gonna start becoming more like that fun loving 15-year-old girl.

PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE I CAN ONLY LIKE ONE VERSION OF HER.

[rafesc0kewh0re]

didn’t get to go to any halloween parties bc my period showed up and ruined everything BUT Nash came to visit and we got drunk so it made up for it :)

[ghoulsrules]

i love yvonne ofc she's the og BUT veronica hamel will always be the superior lily to me. she's silly and loving and the way she is so excited to integrate into american culture is so sweet. overall herman and lily's relationship is also much better in this movie , the few 'hate my wife' jokes feel out of place whilst the original serious their relationship makes me uncomfortable.

we have enough girl bosses, let the spooky girls be silly!! (same thing has happened to morticia in like every adaptation after the 90s)

[gl00md0g]

sick to my stomach but i told my mom no. i know what she spends that money on and id rather not feed anything.

the guilt from being homeless still stays with me but regardless this woman is doing this to herself. i can only wish she’ll get better.

[saixria]

The sillies

When even Athena the Virgin goddess whose most intimate encounter was stabbing her bff thinks you’re cooked, you’re definitely cooked

[noornight]

Long distance besties. This definitely happened after the third movie (source: trust me bro)

Based on this

[heartorbit]

figure skating set right now please. thanks

[willowparkfanclub]

the black pauses in the show when a book chapter ends.... cinema like oh my god

[bitchslapblastoids]

i know we're all Quite Aware of this all, but i was rewatching the dan and phil react to phan twitter video and i was suddenly bowled over by the moment when they see the 'watch your step bbgirl' meme and dan goes 'pull up pinof1 i want to see how messy it is'

because then there they are, these men in their mid thirties, in the house they built together, on camera in front of the audience they've grown together, looking at this video of their cherub-cheeked selves from fifteen years ago the first time they met, just so they can remind themselves of what phil's room looked like when they 1. were romantically together for the first time and 2. 'professionally' (even if they didn't have a clue that it was going to become a cataclysmic career move) together filming a video for youtube for the first time.

it is just so insane that this video exists from their first meeting, and that that video has become this foundational cornerstone of their entire careers and their whole public identities. their life's work is inextricably linked to this time capsule of their initial chemistry and love and giddiness and youth and those first couple of days together literally getting to know/falling in love with their soulmate, but it simultaneously being a video that documents the first page in a still-in-progress epic story of them, as a duo, making online content with one another because their chemistry is so profound, building a community largely through their audience's attachment to who they are specifically when they're with one another, of engaging directly with their audience as much as possible (pinof1 being an audience-generated q&a), of cat whiskers becoming a symbol of this niche in-group, of "the most fun i've ever had" becoming a resounding phrase throughout their careers. and just the simple fact of it being their first video together. and they're still here. making videos together. in their 15+ yr long career. but it's also their first time together. and they're still here. spending their lives together in their 15+ yr long ranch metaphor.

it's just wild. you couldn't make this shit up. they are such a unique encapsulation of the digital era and maintaining highly successful careers online and building community and also of deep enduring love. there's the duality of those being two totally different things (careers vs. personal relationship) but also being completely intertwined with one another, and all of the complexities of that coexist in this first ever video!

[auxxrat]

so sick and tired of the “jedi are an evil and abusive cult that steals children” as if half the reason they weren’t protecting these children is bc sith were out killing them or TURNING THEM INTO SITH. they weren’t even STEALING children to begin with I thought we all knew that was Palpatine’s game not Yoda’s.

[itsindiana]

i think we don't talk about what the driving force behind each batcher is enough. like if u think abt it hunter often acts out of fear ( not cowardice , fear that his ppl will get hurt duh ) , while crosshair often acts out pain , tech acts with logic , wrecker with love , and echo ? echo acts out of being true hater

[martitheevans]

Shows from the 60s/70s will always consist of the main characters going through the most insane, life-changing, traumatising experience and then having a shot of them all laughing together at the end and proceeding to never speak of it ever again

[rafesc0kewh0re]

ik people on here assume things about me that aren’t true and it irks me…

[julijbee]

girlbossing too close to the sun.

[myoonmii]

I keep thinking about Merlin’s love for Arthur and how it’s so clearly portrayed in the show to the point that it practically drives the plot of the show. However when it comes to Arthur’s love for Merlin it’s more subtle and sometimes difficult to even grasp, and I started thinking why that was, aside from the obvious fact that Arthur has a lot of trouble expressing his emotions affection or otherwise. I think it also lies in the fact that Merlin knows Arthur intrinsically throughout the show; he is one of the closest people to Arthur, and sees him for who he really is. Arthur admits as much.

Sure, Arthur knows Merlin but the main part of the plot is that he really doesn't know Merlin. Merlin wants him to desperately understand him and “see me for who I am” but he can't yet. And I think this subconsciously creates a barrier in the way in which Arthur can care for Merlin, and how Merlin can let himself be seen by Arthur.

Which is why I think he was also so hurt when the magic reveal happens because more than the betrayal of Merlin having magic, it was the betrayal of Merlin not letting Arthur see him for who he really is and for hiding a main part of himself. Arthur says it himself “why did you never tell me” that’s what hurt him the most.

I think the most damning piece of evidence for this is the fact that while we see snippets of Arthur’s feelings for Merlin thought the show, the biggest signs are in the last episode after the magic reveal; in which he finally gets to understand Merlin, and this time REALLY know Merlin, and as the barriers of what held them back from understanding each other truly fall away, Arthur evidently “falls in love with Merlin all over again”. We see him actually express himself to Merlin.

This is another reason why I think if anyone was ever to create another season of Merlin after Arthur’s return, it’s physically impossible not to make it about Merlin and Arthur acknowledging their feelings for each other. Because there is no way forward without them acknowledging how deeply they care for each other, obviously anyone is free to argue what kind of love that is, but its impossible not to see the deep love there either way.

They always knew they loved each other, just maybe never realising how much and what that means, because its almost second nature to everything that they do.