Courage and kindness

Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson english rose in a big, worldy garden professional dress up player just a rp - not associated with Lily in any way, shape or form. All words and opinions are the writer's own

[skarsgardhqs-deactivated2026010]

As someone else who still hasn't succumbed to TikTok and has no plans to, don't do it. You wouldn't leave me out here by myself, right? Besides, YouTube's addictive enough, and I've definitely been in related videos hell and lost a few hours there before I knew what happened. It's always the cooking clips and new recipes that always draws me in though, along with anything to do with animals in nature. Is your travel list all the longer thanks to this YouTuber and all their nice hotels?

[lclyjcmes]

Oh now that I know there's other non Tiktokers out there, I feel like it's my civic duty to stay off of it in support. I'd never let you feel alone on this, I'd feel terrible. Cooking videos never draw me in that much, mainly because I get hungry as soon as they make something and I need to break the video coma to go and get something to eat. I can see why they're addictive however. Thankfully I've been to most places he's been to, he only travels around the UK to little seaside or holiday resorts but it certainly makes me miss the place and want to go back to spending more time there.

[femalestunning]

LILY JAMES at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards

[sndrabullock]

oh, big time. the sad part is that that's exactly what they want and they still manage to suck me in every single time. i don't indulge in very many platforms, but i do have an anonymous little instagram account and the reels feature is the one that does me in the most.

i could definitely get into the hotel thing - i'm obsessed with interior design and architecture, so that kind of stuff is like pornography for me. my son's been trying to convince me to let him on tiktok - i'm trying to keep that at bay.

[lclyjcmes]

There's for sure something in these apps that make them addictive. It makes me wonder if we've all taken the wrong steps in our careers and we should have just made videos on the internet instead. An anonymous Instagram account is always fun. I have one of those alongside my public one which allows me to indulge a little more in following funnier meme accounts.

I would recommend the channel I've been watching, however I'd hate for you to get addicted and miss out on important meetings like I did. I could be the reason we miss out on a great Sandra Bullock blockbuster! I think if I had kids, I'd be on all of those apps just to see what they're watching and then end up more addicted than they are.

[kaia-grbr]

its so easy to do that when youtube just starts playing the next video in the queue its like they’re setting us up for distraction. maybe they need to do what the streaming services did and ask “are you still watching?” and hopefully that might stir us out of it and realize how much time we’ve lost. 

[lclyjcmes]

I never even realised there was a queue before and I definitely got sucked in right away. I now understand the 'are you still watching' thing whereas before, that system used to annoy me because of course I'm still watching! I think there needs to be a time limit on these video apps that stops us from wasting our lives away on them.

[simplybombshell]

Lily James

Having fun before CCA

[percyfraser]

LILY JAMES — Charlotte Tilbury’s ‘Hollywood Glow Glide’ campaign

[scbstan]

I'll go to watch just 1 video and the next thing I know I've been on YouTube for hours and my legs are numb for how long I've been sitting. So maybe we both have the same addictive personality? And I've been known to miss a meeting or 2 myself for getting caught up with watching! I've also nearly missed an event from falling down that rabbit hole. That's why I was late at the Golden Globes the other day! Don't fall into the TikTok trap, Lily, you'll hate yourself for it because it's so addicting.

[lclyjcmes]

It does appear to be a much more universal problem than I first anticipated. I can't believe you'd miss meetings by being so reckless though. Surely Marvel superheroes have to be on time for meetings always? I suppose hearing that you've missed a couple restores my faith that I'll one day be part of the MCU though. Of all the reasons to be late to the Globes, that's certainly an interesting one. I just hope you haven't admitted this to anybody else and came up with a better reason. Don't worry, I'll keep your secret. People telling me not to get TikTok is making me slightly want it more. I dread to think how long it'll take me to get up in the morning from browsing that.

[lclyjcmes]

zccydeutch:

yes to everything you’ve said but with animals. have you fallen into the loop of otters videos yet? man, i think about otters a lot when i’m not watching videos of them. it’s pretty inconvenient that saying “sorry for not showing up at two meetings but i was researching dreamy locations where to distance myself from more meetings" isn’t a proper excuse. if you have an addictive personality run as far as possible from the blackhole that tiktok is before being sucked in forever. it’s not the fun kind of dark side. i mean it is because the hilarity of some videos is real but is it worth it? 

[lclyjcmes]

I can't say I've fallen into an otter loop yet but now I'm extra cautious about doing so considering they seem to have taken over your life. At least I'm not thinking about the hotel Youtube man all day, so I guess my addiction isn't that bad. Thank you for making me realize that. I have heard this about TikTok, is there anyway to get the app to close down after a certain amount of time on it and just not open again?

[possession]

LILY JAMES Conor McDonnell ph. for Critics Choice Awards photoshoot (January 2023)

[peytonmeyer-notmanningg-deactiv]

lclyjcmes​:

Does anybody else ever stumble onto a certain video on Youtube and then get stuck watching the entire back catalog of that person for a silly amount of hours or do I just have an addictive personality? I woke up this morning and began my usual routine of aimlessly browsing, only to find a YouTuber who makes videos visiting various hotels and seaside resorts in the UK. Three hours later, I realised I’ve completely missed two meetings and had to make up a better excuse than the real reason, which I’m sure was not believable for a second. I’ve been told I need to start getting on TikTok but I fear the amount of things I’ll miss once I open that app. @gonehollywoodstarters

I think it’s my ADHD, but I will be online looking something up and then end up on a youtube video that I didn’t even look up. I think it was someone teaching me how to play the harmonica. I don’t even have a harmonica so I was oddly confused. 

[lclyjcmes]

Did it make you want to learn the harmonica at least? It could have given you a headstart. I often find myself watching tutorials of things and then wanting to do that myself, only to realise after a couple of attempts that I am terrible.

[sbrinacarpnter-deactivated20230]

All the time, I find myself going down a Youtube black hole and can’t pull myself out. Usually, my browsing leads me to the paranormal side of the app, I get stuck watching video after video of idiots exploring abandoned buildings and capturing evidence of it. TikTok is a black hole too, You scroll for a few minutes on there and suddenly it’s five hours later and you have no idea where the time went, it can be kind of negative at times though so If you do join it’s best to just ignore the comment sections as much as possible and just do you.

[lclyjcmes]

I'm so glad that it's not just me who does this. I've never gone too far into the paranormal part, do you not get yourself too freaked out? I would never sleep if I started looking at that before bed. I've heard how addictive tiktok can be and that's part of the reason I'm too scared to download it, however I'm feeling completely out of touch with everybody when they mention something trending on there. I need to get on it and find out what's going on but have somebody there to turn it off when I've been looking for too long.

[starkcy]

i could sit here and judge you, but seeing as how i started watching some true crime documentary last night and then somehow followed the video trail to a documentary about king henry viii and his 6 wives at 4 am -- i don't think it'd be fair. you MAY have an addictive personality, but one could also argue that you're just very ... loyal. is that's the word i'm looking for?

[lclyjcmes]

True crime documentaries are also a rabbit hole to dive into. Before you know it, you've visited twelve different wikipedia pages researching it. I have definitely done that before. I'm interested at how you got from true crime to Henry the eighth? But I doubt you remember the route there now. I like the word loyal better, so next time I get stuck in a loop - I may just use that description.

[lclyjcmes]

Does anybody else ever stumble onto a certain video on Youtube and then get stuck watching the entire back catalog of that person for a silly amount of hours or do I just have an addictive personality? I woke up this morning and began my usual routine of aimlessly browsing, only to find a YouTuber who makes videos visiting various hotels and seaside resorts in the UK. Three hours later, I realised I've completely missed two meetings and had to make up a better excuse than the real reason, which I'm sure was not believable for a second. I've been told I need to start getting on TikTok but I fear the amount of things I'll miss once I open that app. @gonehollywoodstarters

[gifsbysimplysonia]

Sebastian Stan and Lily James

Critics Choice Awards - January 15, 2023

[bsnvw-deactivated20230314]

Working with yourself can be a wonderful thing, I like to think every year i learn to be as little nicer to myself because Its like i'm my own worst critic. You'd think I'd be able to give myself some credit but it's a work in progress.. every year. I would never say it was bad to have a list a lot of people do, but it never tears you down if you aren't able to get it all done? or is it more practical things? I feel you darling, I'm like 3 more days away from being one 29. it's like once my birthday hits I'm not sure what I'm going to do afterwards. When is yours? if you don't mind me ask! isn't it the worst though when you tell yourself to not worry but you fall right into it? maybe even like 10 times more worst than original.

[lclyjcmes]

That's a great one, I am guilty of that too but I find that one really hard to shake at times. Every year I try and I still critic myself! Sounds like we both have that same issue and maybe we can start some kind of support group to help each other get better at it. It does frustrate me if I can't get the list completed but that might come back to having something to criticise myself for? Perhaps I also need to see it's okay to not complete lists! Gosh, my birthday isn't until April, so I guess I have more time than you but I still am alarmingly closer to 34 than I want to be. Happy early birthday anyway! Do you have anything planned?

[possession]

LILY JAMES 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills (January 10, 2023)

[haleslu-deactivated20230504]

I’d like to start a formal petition to stop any and all movies or tv shows have an animal get hurt Every last one of them are cancelled. This is the one and only time I’ll back cancel culture, because I should not have deal with this much heart break while watching a kids movie. I thought I was settling in for a cozy night with my little sisters, but nope… it was trauma.org up on the couch. I do NOT recommend Fox and the Hound unless you want to have your heart broken. @gonehollywoodstarters​

[lclyjcmes]

This has just unlocked a deeply suppressed memory I have from my childhood. I sat down to watch 'Fly Away Home' expecting a nice little bird movie and then mid way through, the little bird falls out of the sky whilst trying to fly and I was so traumatised, I turned it off immediately and still to this day do not know if that bird survived. I can't bear anything sad to do with animals in movies and these days, even the CGI ones look so real that you end up weeping as if they are actual animals.