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@julienotlookingforlove
Ok if your introvert friend tells you “you don’t count as people” you know they will ride or die with you for life. Not counting as people is the introvert Platonic friend equivalent of getting married.
My SO once told me that “time with you is basically me-time” and it is the most beautiful thing and the most sincere form of ‘I love you’ I’ve ever heard.
How do you fall in love with yourself?
The same way you fall in love with someone else. Acknowledge the bad, embrace the good, and grow.
One of my favorite relationships on television right now is Jake and Amy from Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Their relationship is healthy, and the two partners are supportive of each other and their career goals at the precinct. In this gifset, all of the members of their squad are trying to take credit for giving Jake the idea to propose, but he tells them it was his idea. Jake decided he was going to propose to Amy when they were just hanging out, and she found a typo in the crossword puzzle. It wasn’t some big moment, but rather a simple one. In the last gif, Jake looks at Amy with so much love, like he can see them spending the rest of their lives together. There is no big change or moment where Jake sees her in a new light. Amy is simply being herself, completely engrossed in a crossword puzzle.
WE DO NOT DESERVE BROOKLYN 99!!!
This show is too good, if you aren’t already watching it, start now. Jake and Amy and Captain Holt and Kevin are two of my favorite tv couples of all time!
The medieval-inspired society in which Game of Thrones takes place is generally viewed as misogynistic in the way that it’s structured. Land and titles are only passed down through the males in a bloodline whereas the females are essentially married off as an act of political gain or a peace pact. Women are meant to …
Thought this article was really interesting considering that GOT is one of my favorite TV shows, and it’s representation of gender is important to consider given its’ cultural relevance.
Challenge Post #17
Reflecting on our discussion regarding the difference between Lars’ love for Bianca and Margo’s love for her teddy bear, have you ever loved an inanimate object (a stuffed toy, a book, a certain blanket, a prized object from a loved one, etc.)? Discuss how that loved manifest(s/ed) itself and in what way(s) that object or your love for it impacting your relationship with yourself or others.
When I was very young, I became quite attached to a blanket that I had been given when I was an infant. The main way that my love for it manifested was that I would bring it with me almost everywhere, occasionally wearing it as a cape. Before this love could grow too obsessive, my father (noticing my dependence on this inanimate object) decided to take it from me and hide it, saying that a family of bears (?) had stolen it.
After this, I still loved playing with my toys and dolls but never grew too attached to any of them, which I guess was a good thing. This experience showed me at a young age that yes, it was sad to lose my “blankie” but I had the ability to survive on my own.
I think it can be good to have something that brings you comfort but it can become an issue when that object is your only source of comfort.
“Sometimes I get so lonely I forget what day it is, and how to spell my name.”
Lars and the Real Girl (2007) dir. Craig Gillespie
Lars and the Real Girl is my mom’s favorite movie, and she’s tried to explain it to me a few times, but I never got the gist because 1. like we said in class today, it’s a very strange premise if you haven’t watched the film before and 2. my mom can’t talk too much about the movie without crying. I’m just like my mom, a big ol’ softie, and this movie made me cry about 6 times, there are just so many things that I find beyond touching in this film. Karen’s immediate and constant kindness, acceptance, and willingness to help Lars was touching, as was the community coming together to help Bianca feel welcome in town.
The scenes that really got me were those where Lars and Bianca are alone together, most specifically after the party when Lars is crying and says he’s fine, just happy. He must have felt more loved and accepted in his newer and more open state than he ever had before, and it just WARMS MY HEART. I’m so pleased with how Lars developed over the course of the movie.
I definitely agree with you, this is such a heartwarming movie. While we don’t know Lars’s motivation for killing off Bianca, I disagree with some of the opinions shared today. I don’t think that Lars was upset with losing control over Bianca, because he never seemed to be looking for someone to control. He was happier to simply have a companion.
My prediction is that Lars was able to kill Bianca off because he had grown into the person that he wanted to be in the time that she was in his life. He was more comfortable talking to the other people in the town, more comfortable talking to other women, and closer to his brother.
As a fellow softie, I’m more partial to this positive perspective!
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
When watching the film, I wondered whether Lars was referring to more than just the longevity of the flowers in this comment.
(I’m assuming he was!)
The Normal Heart
Amazing love story of two men during the first stages of the AIDS epidemic in 1981, New York City. The movie is brutally honest about love and loss, and the government’s heartless apathy during the first few years is shocking. I won’t lie, I cried a couple times watching this masterpiece.
Diaz, you should be very proud of yourself.
Challenge Post #15
In relation to our viewing of both The Kids are Alright and Transparent, what other shows or films can you think of that consider the intersection of family/domestic life and love/sex/relationships–either how domestic life might be disrupted by these latter forces or, perhaps, reinforced or supported by them?
Choose one example and discuss.
One show that comes to mind when thinking about how love/sex can disrupt domestic life is the show Grace and Frankie. In this show, Grace and Frankie are women in their 70s whose husbands have been law partners for years. Their lives are disrupted when the husbands (Sol and Robert) come out as lovers. The show then follows the lives of Grace and Frankie as they work through this massive change together, and overcome their differences and dislike of one another.
In watching the first few episodes of Transparent, I kept thinking about this show, as both have main characters who are coming out to their families much later in life. In Grace and Frankie, a more comedic element is in place that seems to make the viewers a little bit more comfortable with the initial betrayal. Another similarity between the two shows is that the main characters’ children are all selfish or otherwise flawed. And while in Grace and Frankie, their parents are no longer raising them, the disruption of the traditional parental roles still takes some getting used to.
If you’re gonna do a throat punch, it is key that you say something cool afterwards, like, ‘Choke on that.’ Right, but they’re not choking. They’re experiencing airway trauma.
OKAY Brooklyn 99 is one of my favorite shows right now, and I think it has two of the best relationships on tv- Captain Holt and Kevin [pictured here] and Jake and Amy. AND there’s a bi charcter! BI! She says “I’m bi” there’s a whole episode where she comes out to her family it’s so wonderful. Just watch Brooklyn 99
I completely agree! I also enjoy the supportive friendships present in the show.
Atypical (2017)
A mildly autistic person’s adventure with love is super cute and funny in this Netflix original (also, I wish I was normal too bruh).
I’m sorry, but if you think you can only make a sexy Hollywood movie by infringing on a woman’s safety and well-being, then you are 900% doing it wrong.
I was afraid I would always be in his shadow. Why did you say yes? Because he respects me and he loves me, and he is never boring. I didn’t think I’d find those things in another man.
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women dir. Angela Robinson
In your friendships/relationships, I think it’s important to ask the other person how they like to be comforted. Much like the love languages, everyone responds differently to certain actions during times of stress. Some may like advice or words of affirmation while others may need a hug or someone to just nod and listen. Asking them how they want to be comforted shows that you care about them and want them to feel acknowledged when they’re upset.
