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was at the corner store getting a few snacks and a 7 year old with a single packet of two poptarts struck up a conversation with me while I was choosing between Chex mix flavors. weighed in on the flavors. They continued to follow me through the store all the way to checkout and stood there talking to me at the register so the cashier thought they were my kid and I finally said “are you possibly hoping for someone to buy those poptarts” and they pulled out a WAD of cash and said “nope just talking to ya.”

absolutely enchanting child no notes

wizardarchetypes

energy of an 85 year old who got freaky friday’d tbh

insightfulllama

Just started reading Sherlock Holmes and all the adaptations are wrong. This man is a delight. He gets excited about hemoglobin and is ecstatic at the thought of Watson as a roommate. He purposefully forgets how the solar system works so he has more room in his brain for crime. He shows Watson the dirt stains on his trousers and he can tell what part of London they come from based on color and consistency. (As far as i can tell Watson didn't ask, Sherlock just gets back from walks and tells Watson about the stains unprompted.) The text specifically says "Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with." Why does every adaptation make him unpleasant and rude, he's literally just eccentric. He's such a goober, I love him.

#sherlock holmes

The rent is going UP (from August)

BY A LOT.

*howls*

#we now have a deadline to move out by I guess #rent

alexcabotgf

NEOTRIN + text posts and tweets » resurrections edition

krsonmar

brb busy being devastated by a gifset

they really are my all-time otp aren't they😭

#the matrix #neo x trinity

madamegoodparty

EMILY AXFORD I HAVE MISSED YOU SO FUCKING MUCH

#dimension 20 #emily axford

sandmandaddy69

tr-shb-g

*this meeting could have been an email voice* this cgi could have been a puppet

ravenclairee

"The eye — it cannot choose but see; We cannot bid the ear be still; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against or with our will."

THE OTHER BENNET SISTER — 1.04 "Chapter Four"

#the other bennet sister

lackadaisycal-art

The TOBS maxxing continues

#the other bennet sister

alicent-florent

The Other Bennet Sister (2026)

#little screen time no dialogue 100% darcy #the other bennet sister

psychecreations

We may have grown up in the same house with the same mother and father and the same sisters, but your experience of life has been wholly different to my own.

thornethomas

:(

#the other bennet sister

theboyfromcork

1x10

a_abbasi

#the other bennet sister

cutesyname

Entering the function vs leaving the function, our girl blossomed

#the other bennet sister

THOROUGHLY enjoyed The Other Bennet Sister. I was ready to be disappointed by it but it ended up being delightful.

Ella Bruccoleri's Mary is so utterly loveable. I think her performance cemented the show for me. Believable characterisation, relatable awkwardness, infectious, breathless laughter. You could watch her fall headfirst into a mistake and still be rooting for her because her character was so wonderful and full.

Does this version of Mary hold up to the one we know in the book? For me, largely yes - enough to not give me the ick, anyway. I've been reading other people's opinions on this and I think they're valid too, but if we're going to set Mary as the heroine of her own story, I think this is a great way of doing it. This version shows her as far less religious than she appeared in the book, and in many ways the least conservative of her sisters. I think they managed this without taking her too far away from the world of the book, and in any case made her more relatable.

Honestly I'm delighted at how well they managed to pull it off! There are some plot points that are maybe less believable (Caroline Bingley), but they do hold up to scrutiny (plus Caroline herself is a polarising character, much like Mary). The romance plot held up because it borrowed tropes from Austen novels and other romances from the Regency era, so it felt familiar while also feeling new. If anything I think they could have added more conflict to the romance plot; as it was, everyone remains more or less likeable, but in doing so it makes the plot with her mum heavier than they probably intended it to be.

I could go on and on. Everyone's characters were portrayed wonderfully; the new characters didn't feel out of place; set and costuming was perfect; possibly autistic characters were celebrated; good choices were made all round. I loved it!

#the other bennet sister #ella bruccoleri #mary bennet #I've played Mary twice on stage with one of those times being speculative romantic fiction of her future #so I have strong feelings about Mary #and I've been burned by almost all of the Regency drama that's come out recently #(sanditon in particular disappointed me because it could have been so good)#so for this to get so much right and not piss me off? when it's about Mary of all characters? not easy! but they did it!