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I'm listening to the latest Ear Biscuit and I've got to say that I haven't been *excited* about much of anything that R&L have put out in years but these vlogs actually sound really, really great and I'm actually looking forward to them
Thoughts from Beyond the Veil
Hey folks!
It’s been a long time. Today @pringlesaremydivision tweeted about GMMore so I watched it for the first time in many, many months and it just opened the Pandora’s Box where I’ve been storing mental notes on Rhett and Link and GMM and Rhink and fandom for ages and I just thought I’d spill them out into this little corner of the world for old times sake.
So, I guess to start off, I wanna say that I miss you guys! I look back on the bustling days of Rhink with a lot of nostalgia, we had so much fun and I met so many incredible people, not just on the internet but in real life, too! There was so much frantic energy and laughter on here. I remember getting these huge bursts of crazy creative inspiration and pounding away on my keyboard for hours just to squeeze out an idea. I remember rushing home after work and just plugging in to the fantasy and writing away. I’m still really proud of a lot of the stuff I wrote for you guys. And honestly the response and support and validation from everyone around here was always so rewarding. Every time!!
For almost 2 years (’16 & ‘17!) Rhink was my whole life! It was fun. But life’s a lot different now. I’m almost done my Master’s Degree (hahahahaha ???? maybe i’ll hand this thesis thing in at the end of summer lololol ????) and I have a social life sometimes maybe? Trying, anyway. haha. Oh and I stopped eating garbage and got off my ass and got hot again, so that’s cool.
But ANYWAY, this post is supposed to be about R&L.
I almost never watch GMM anymore. Maybe one every couple weeks? Other than the one I watched today, I honestly couldn’t tell you the last time I watched a More. Over half a year? Who knows. Every once in a while I’ll throw on an Ear Biscuit while I cook or clean. I still like those.
But listening to Link fill the silence of Rhett trying to figure that game out in More today (I should mention that I didn’t bother with the main ep at all)— I really felt and understood his meltdown.
GMM is sad these days, guys. It’s not good. The guys seem miserable. The content is all little twists on old ideas and there’s nothing fresh or fun about it. Gross-outs, snack tests, wacky products, reacting to wacky videos.... That’s not why I subscribed, guys. From the scattered episodes I’ve seen I always get the impression that’s like “We’re grown men, we’re health conscious, we never eat chips anymore but that’s what was on the boardroom table this week and we’re going to do it to hopefully pander to our audience even though neither of us are getting any enjoyment out of this.” The LTATs don’t do it for me at all, either. But I guess Stevie never really did it for me in the same way that I know she does it for a lot of people. Different strokes, and all that.
They must be suffering pretty badly if they need the Mythical Society to keep afloat. I seem to recall Rhett talking about how they didn’t want to use that model in some sort of conversation (maybe an EB or was it the h3 podcast??) so things must be rough if they’re changing their tune. And from the EBs that I’ve listened to it seems like they’re really pushing to get into the mainstream but... I dunno, guys. Maybe I’m a cynic. The scripted content and really all the acting work they did was never my taste. Buddy System wasn’t great. I don’t think I ever re-watched it. I guess there’s a niche for the stuff they wanna make out there. I’m curious to see what happens.
As for Rhink? I don’t see it at all anymore. It never even crosses my mind. I never see the fleeting pining moments. I don’t interpret any touches. They just seem like old buddies who are trying to cling onto their jobs and they seem tired. Every once in a while I feel bad for writing multiple tomes of detailed smut about them on the internet. I know they don’t like it. But occasionally I see them pandering to the shippers and it seems awkward and forced, and like most of their acting, is neither believable or compelling and to me it looks like they’re trying to hold on to whatever audience they have left. Maybe I’m thinking into that one too much.
Yikes.
It pains me to see them like this! They used to have fun! They actually used to laugh! They actually used to be a creative part of the show and got some sort of satisfaction out of it! I don’t see that anymore.
I’m not coming back to the Rhink fandom. But I wanted to say hi! And I guess unload my feelings a little bit, haha. I probably don’t have many active followers anymore, but I’ve got a feeling there’s still a few of you left out there.
I’m never gonna finish Hungry Ghosts. You can probably imagine the ending. They move into their apartment and bang. That’s it. I don’t think HG was my most creative story, haha. I have 1.5 chapters of a dark, drug-fuelled story already written that I never posted sitting around in a folder. I actually think parts of it are pretty good, but again, I’ll never (ever) finish it so I don’t know if people would even want that, haha.
I have no idea what the climate is like on Tumblr anymore. I don’t know if you guys are loving or hating the show or the guys or what or if this kind of post is going to get a lot of hate?? I hope not. This is just how I’m seeing it after being removed from the fandom for about a year.
Anyway, you guys are great and I really do look back fondly on those wild late-nights chatting away and playing Cards Against Humanity and absolutely fucking SCREAMING about whatever antics the guys were getting themselves into. It was fun guys.
So about a year back we did a tag thing where we would share a photo of the place we are at the moment we receive a tag, and I thought it was a really cool thing! I would love to do that again! So here is my work desk I am currently pretending to be studying at:
Super messy, but I like it:)
I tag @summer-mclaughlin @missingparentheses @rhinkipoo @themouthking @mythicaliz @ladycynthiana
Needless to say that this is totally optional and if you don’t want to share for any reason that’s totally fine, so is redacting stuff you don’t want to be shared online.
I’m in my kitchen at work (daycare) about to send lunch out to the kiddos. Vegan coconut chickpea curry, brown rice, snap peas and milk 😁
I tag @killthenaughtyboy @themouthking @mythosethan @greenfabricfrog @archionblu @bustanut09
In bed with the cat! I tag @whotookmyusernameidea @linkslipssinkships @lovelyrhink @orgyforone @emmammg @electricdoves @nerdonn @jannelle-o
At the gym after work 💪
I tag @heatgeneratingtechniques @ladycynthiana @cockymclaughlin @pringlesaremydivision @arcadianwishdom @arel-rhink @mythical-michelle
thanks love! mine: on the train going back into the city
tagging @egocentrifuge @ratchetrhink @the-crepes-of-wrath
I remember this tag! Wow, reminds me how far I've come in the past year. I got my own apartment and I finally have my own space versus being cramped up in a shitty basement suite. This is just me lounging on the couch before bed (feat. Phil).
Hmm I tag @the-crepes-of-wrath @loudspeakr @remembertherandler @thegreyhenley and omg pls everyone who wants to do it!!
Jenna Marbles' latest video made me weep. She is so humble and real and I am so, so happy for her.
Would you ever write yourself into a fic somehow?
re: this post
Probably not myself, but I’ve written reader/OC inserts already for the RandL fandom, mostly for friends, but I have posted one before. It’s fun to write!
True story: I did write myself as a minor character in one of my rhink fics. It’s terribly cheesy and was a poor choice from a quality standpoint, but I still regret nothing.
True Story: I’m a single-serving friend in Burning
Link Neal: first stop Slab City, next exit Black Rock
i miss you. come to us, but more importantly, coME BACK TO MEEEE <333
Rennie-mae, you sweet peach. I’ve been tracking your stress and excitement for the Aus ToM on Twitter and I can promise I’ve never been happier. I think you’ve got the R&L #1 Superfan position on lock and honestly I DARE anyone to try and challenge that ranking.
I miss you guys too! But I will be honest, I don’t really miss tumblr. I really think there’s a spectacular group of people on here but the culture of the R&L tumblr community is kinda depressing. I still watch GMM every day and make damn sure to listen to the EBs every Monday. But when I do poke my nose over here it’s the same insolent crew-hating, merch-criticizing, format-bitching, anon-sending bullshit that I’ve found entirely exhausting and demoralizing over the past couple years and I’m not sure if I can get back into it.
But like I said, so many of you guys are seriously wonderful people so it’s hard to just abandon ship (as it were). I still check up on you guys! But idk if I can get back into the daily posting, episode analyzing, gif reblogging swing of things.
Maybe some day? Maybe I need to unfollow a bunch of people, I don’t really know. Sigh.
Alrighty guys I just listened to the new EB, how do I get R&L to come here and paddle board next to some icebergs????
Every spring/summer all that Arctic ice breaks up and comes flowing down the Labrador current and they're EVERYWHERE and they're BEAUTIFUL and oh also my old boss was a big windsurfing buff and he would take these cool dads out IN A SECOND and I would totally hook them up
I CANNOT believe they let Harley snort those grease chips
“All I’m saying is, sometimes I make indirect eye contact, and you could use some ironing.”
— Rhett McLaughlin on the state of Link Neal’s testicles (GMM 1294)
You don’t know the state of someone’s ball wrinkles by indirect eye contact. You know the state of someone’s ball wrinkles when they’re in and around your mouth. Just sayin’.
So uhhh, Rhett, do you like Linksticks in and around your mouth?
Also thanks guys for the shout out to 3000c, you wouldn't believe how many of my fics take place there
THIS EAR BISCUIT ALDJDGAGAKAKF
rhett’s two-week cowboy phase.
the price of fame
little dogs
kombucha with chia seeds
CHIA SEEDS PEOPLE
possible maybe cursing
yoga
HOT YOGA
sun?? tANS???
s i l l y h a t s
VEGAN
ICE
CREAM
acting “cool” (thanks a lot yt holy trinity GOSH)
drinking (maybe)!!!!
in front of
their of-age employees
the N E R V E
partying?!?!?!?!
with. famous. people.
GRUMPS
Yesyesyesyesyes
I’m really upset and disappointed at the reaction to Padma Lakshmi on yesterday’s episode. It’s really affecting me. Nearly every single comment I saw on the video yesterday was calling her rude, entitled, disrespectful, bossy, annoying, fucking orange (which is racist. It’s racist because her makeup wasn’t orange, their goddamn lighting is, and this is a 47-year-old woman who’s been in front of cameras since before R/and/L could dress themselves properly, and she’s not white so of course she looks terrible in their terrible lighting and no one in fucking post gave enough shits to color correct). I’m just disappointed, and it’s especially disappointing to come here and see that same kind of shit. People who posted about International Women’s Day turning around and saying she was annoying and entitled. Guess what? She should be entitled. She shouldn’t be gushing about what an honor it is to come on an internet show and eat burnt food. I thought she had a great attitude about it, and she could’ve acted like it was beneath her (because it is), but she didn’t, she was irreverent and funny and turned the tables on the guys for once. If you found her behavior or her personality off-putting, you should really ask yourself why. She controlled the room like the fucking boss she is, and she kept R/and/L on their toes and didn’t let their personalities dominate. She was everything you all say you think women should be, but as soon as it dimmed the enormous spotlight on two men you’re emotionally attached to? She’s bossy. She’s rude. She didn’t play the damn game right (oh my GOD LIKE WHO FUCKING CARES). I’m disappointed, and it makes me feel gross. It makes me sad.
