#their history together is so interesting

[gloryofnegativity]

Kim Carlsson (Lifelover, Hypothermia) with Niklas Kvarforth (Shining)

[itwoodbeprefect]

the great thing about falling really deep into a new media niche is developing opinions on many new things. the terrible thing about falling really deep into a new media niche is developing opinions on many new things

[efverse]

i do like to think that they actually met briefly when they were kids but... didnt keep in touch and. didnt recognize each other as adults....

[lesbiancarat]

for anyone wondering, what about Han Sungsoo? 🤔 it seems that he hasn't been the CEO of Pledis since early 2022, the role until now was filled by Lee Dahye, a former VP for Bighit. HSS has still remained in the company but was demoted to an internal director

if you're wondering how you missed this, don't worry, there was never an official announcement! 🙃 carats had to find this out more than a year after the fact by doing some digging

but now Lee Dahye is being replaced by Kim Yeon Soo, who's the original VP of Pledis before they were acquired. He's the one that appeared on SVT Club, and he has historically had a good relationship with Seventeen. the way I always thought of it is Nu'est was HSS's project group, where Kim Yeon Soo oversaw the creation of svt. after the acquisition, he was put in charge of Hybe Labels Japan. it seems now he will remain in that position while also taking over as Pledis CEO

personally, I don't know what to think of this yet. on one hand carats have always had a positive view of Kim Yeon Soo, and he's always seemed to have a close relationship with svt. and I would say I'd rather have him in charge than a hybe plant

but the timing of it is very convenient. this is pure speculation on my part but with Seungkwan's Instagram post recently and all the stuff going on with hybe, it wouldn't surprise me if hybe was bringing in Kim Yeon Soo to try and appease the members (and possibly other Pledis employees). it definitely feels like they're trying to appease /somebody/ with this move, and I can't see it being the fans since most carats didn't know about Lee Dahye being the CEO in the first place. so I can only assume it's people within Pledis they're trying to appease 🤷‍♀️

[disco-troy]

Me: I like the idea of Jason and Rose being friends in theory, and their banter can be fun, but given Jason’s track record I don’t want her to get Jason-supportive-cast-ified where all of a sudden all her important relationships are erased so her whole character revolves around Jason.

Now that lobdell is gone you guys can be normal about Jason’s supportive cast right? Let them keep their other relationships?

Dc:

[puhpandas]

I love ggy so much how did they accidentally make the most intriguing hypothetical gay romance ever

[sprinklersart]

they should show up to kazansky family events together occasionally over the years and do fun family things like share an air mattress in the living room with ices 19 year old cousin and take a 4 hour trip to the grocery store just for milk and chainsmoke behind the shed with ice’s sister. they deserve it ❤️

[tyrianludaship]

is it fair to call people like this "hack writers" if the only way they find a relationship interesting is when it involves pedophilia, incest, cannibalism or necrophilia?

[artsycooky13]

top 3 fave bbys in the burrito show (bonus SUPER LONG tags on how i feel bout the characters)

[hotrod-and-ride]

This is such a random thing but like I'm currently studying for our History tests and I CANNOT fucking escape my fixations on Transformers I swear, I can't stop thinking about MegaOP OKAY SO LITTLE ABRIDGED PH HISTORY LESSON There's this part in the Katipunan revolution where it tackles on the rivalry/conflict between revolutionary figures Bonifacio and Aguinaldo. Bonifacio is the main leader of the Katipunan, who comes from the lower/labor class of the provinces. The lower-class wanted the Katipunan to be the government. Aguinaldo is one of the military leaders from the middle-class who sponsored the Katipunan, basically. The middle-class wanted to make a new form of government. They both come from different factions of the revolution that is basically just their respective social class. Basically a council election happens where Aguinaldo wins as President. Bonifacio was content with his position but was insulted by a middle-class member as being called incompetent, so he voided the elections and stormed out the convention and made his own seperate and new organization. And at the end of all that the first thing I thought was "Isn't that just Optimus and Megatron's Backstory pre-war?"

[lemongogo]

why do i love the conflict more than anything else . the misery . the incompatibility that spreads like oil slick . wanting so desperately for resolution that never comes . hmmm

[rubeghast]

which one would u adopt? 🧸

shop | kofi

[cent-scratchnsniff]

face

[revvethasmythh]

Caleb and Nott get a bad rap for being very deeply and unhealthily codependent which, for the most part, is a decent observation of their early game dynamic. But, in revisiting the early game, I do wonder at the fact that this label is almost universally applied to them but rarely comes up in conversation with Imogen and Laudna, in my experience. There are contrasting interactions that happen in early c2 and early c3 that I think are a really interesting look into the reality of these dynamics.

In c2e2, Caleb and Nott have this interaction:

Nott: Well it's just that-- listen, there's no offense, I enjoy our talks and your schooling and everything, but I haven't talked this openly and freely with other people in months. It's amazing.

Caleb: It really is pretty nice, isn't it?

Nott: Yes!

And in c3e2, there is this interaction about Imogen and Laudna's relationship:

Laudna: Imogen and I don't talk to anyone. (laughs)

Imogen: No, not really.

Ashton: You guys seem like you have a really good deal going on. Should keep that up, it seems nice.

I just think there's something interesting here that may show an inconsistency in the way fandom remembers certain things vs the way that they actually were. Nott and Caleb were certainly codependent, but they were also actively hoping to fall in with a group for protection and, well, because they (primarily Nott, but I’ll use a general they) wanted to expand their social circles. Laudna and Imogen, frankly, might have just stayed the two of them if they didn't happen upon the rest of the Hells and honestly didn't seem outwardly bothered by that at all. Imogen never seems to have wanted to expand her social circle for fear of what her own powers would make her hear and feel, and Laudna, though a lover of people, seems like she would have been content to follow Imogen into whatever isolation worked best for her.

I just find this a very interesting contrast to Caleb and Nott's fumbling, often poorly received attempts to reach outside of their friendship toward others, the intentionality of which I feel is rarely emphasized. Their distrustful natures (and the traumas they had suffered) made them skittish and likely to flee. But they did want more than what their relationship could sustain and subsequently sought it out.

[sunmoontruth-stiles]

I need a completely rewritten teen wolf series with Derek Hale as the main character. I think it would heal me.

[goldenpinof]

(not dnp but youtuber related) OH MY GOD HAVE YOU SEEN THIS LMAO https://x.com/warpledge/status/1782935923035902069?s=46&t=-QxQRxgvl6A6N40VEbrE0A

omg, Connor Franta in a DRAMA? how turned tables for all these hoes. he is right, though. i'm surprised he responded but he is damn right. it honestly feels like a bit. Connor Franta dragging someone in the year of our lord 2024?! go off, girl.

imagine if all old youtubers, the og squad of the US and UK just.. spilled the tea. a dream.