Currently watching buying Manhattan, because theres covid so I cannot leave the house, And if anybody has watched it episode 5, when Chloe is having the party for her listing, And the podcast episode has just come out where the two people are bashing loads of people in the office, I cannot believe how many people are trying to defend them. If my colleagues came out with a video talking about how rubbish me and other colleagues were at our jobs, would 100% expect them to be fired!
Like that is such a bad look for the whole company. If I were buying a house and I saw that I would not want to work with either of them, I would not want to work with people airing their dirty washing everywhere, like what would they say about me?!??
And then Savannah, supposedly like this immature one, Is the one to be like Listen This isn't the time and place Maybe it's best you go - And then people just have a go at her for saying that!
Anybody else watching? Please tell me your thoughts. I need to know
Its here! I have so far watched it twice, and here are my unasked for thoughts, hope you enjoy
Also - SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS
So in no particular order -
- Somehow it didn't feel like SM, did anyone else get that? I still enjoyed it, and I don't know what it was, I think maybe because they used different music during transitions, but something felt off (still good though)
- Ok, I find it annoying sometimes when writers need to add something in to a show after the firsts season, but end up doing it jarringly, however I liked that anything they needed to add in the s02 they definitely did due diligence throughout the season, it didn't come out of the blue when Cal lost control and got arrested.
Eg - Cal's anger management issues. They defiantly hinted at it throughout the season, many times, even if they did do it a bit clunkily
- Dana Sue's health issues mysteriously vanishing, I get them not being a main plot point, but the fact they weren't mentioned once? Sus
- Annie and Jackson. Dare I say, maybe one of my favourite redemption arcs since Zuko lol. So, I am definitely team Tyler, however I love this paring, I love Jackson's actor and their storyline.
My issue with the storyline though is that one of my least favourite troupes is when they have two characters cheat on their partners with each other and we're supposed to root for them because they're 'endgame'. It always completely turns me off the characters and I really hope that Jackson and Annie don't end up in that situation and their breakup feels organic. I kind of hope Jackson's family have to move when his Dad's been disgraced and is no longer mayor and thats why they break up.
- I felt like the adult side got more love and screentime this season, and I'm not happy about it. I don't know if the demographic is mostly older so they wanted to lean more to that, but I wish the youngsters had had more screentime.
- Esepcially Cece. How could they do her dirty like this? She was iconic in s01 and she was hardly there in s02. At least her reasons for breakup with Ty felt in charcter for her, but it did bug me when Ty said 'you hurt me' and Cece said 'no I didn't'. Like, yes, Cece may be more hurt and have more right to be hurt, and yes Ty might have blown her off for a bit too, but you can't decide when you've upset someone or not Cece.
- my faves Aunty Helen and Annie had like no scenes together #werevoltatdawn
- Kyle, Ty, and Annie weren't talking for awhile, and I get that things ended weirdly, and we did have Kyle blow up at Annie, and Annie mentioning that there was too much drama with her usual group, but I wish we'd kind of got more explanation on screen? Like seen them together being awkward a bit more? idk, it just felt jarring that these kids that were supposed to be like siblings wouldn't manage to band together after such a big shock and one of them almost dying?
Also wish we'd gotten more of them coming back together? They just kind of made up in one meeting again. Yes it be like that when you've known someone forever, but also, it would have been nice to see a few more meetings
Basically it felt like the writers didn't know what to do/where to take them/didn't want to give them too much screen time and so separated the kids for practically the whole season idk, it might be just me
- Although I did like how they made Kyle and Tyler argue and make up, and Tyler taking the reins as the oldest kid and trying to make nice with everyone was sweet.
- Also Kyle, Sophie, and co making the video game was so sweet and fun
- Although I completely misread Sophie, I thought there was gonna be drama with Nellie and her for Kyle, but actually Sophie recognised Kyle's feelings and encouraged them. Good for her.
- Gutted for Helen, I just wanted to give her a hug.
- Also, Helen's set up for next season is killing me.
OK, s01 Helen was kind of with Ryan, kind of flirting with Erik, and s02, she's with Eric. We've done the Eric/Ryan who will she chose thing, and then Ryan reappears, and I don't know if I'll be more annoyed about them making an unclimactic cliff hanger like this time, or dragging it out all season and basically give her the same storyline as s01 but with more complications, but Helen should've told Ryan about the baby if she wanted to and drawn a line under him and that shoudve been season 2's Ryan, gone for good.
- Also, s01 Jackson makes me completely understand why Tyler would be suspicious of him and Annie hanging out. Jackson sent Annie's drunk, love declaration voice note to the whole school. Tyler being weary of Jackson because he hanging out with Annie is entirely plausible in a completely platonic way. Yes, I want it to be because Tyler has realised his feelings, but also, I think Cece assuming it was just co Ty liked Annie was a but ott, maybe if there had been other instances that could have rose suspicion, but in s02 there wasn't really, and I can't think of many on s01. And I do understand sometimes when you're dating someoen or kow them well you just know when they have feelings or whatever, but we're talking about a couple of 17yo with very little prior expericne (if any) with relationships who've been dating a few months at most.
- Also, no married, never been in a relationship, but I don't understand Maddie's reaction when Bill tells her about Issac? Like, yes I can understand her being upset and furious, but because of the her kids, but she says things which I understand, except that Bill didn't know. He had no idea, and so yes he made the same mistake twice and he is an idiot and moron, but if you didn't know you'd made the mistake the first time, can that really be held against you? and i personally think we can see from the Noreen situation that if he had known he would probably have done his best to do right by Peggy instead of his existing (if 'not serious') gf maddie
I mean, I'm not mad Bill got yelled at, because he can never get yelled at enough , but just some of the arguments I didn't understand where Maddie was coming from
- THE COFFEE THING at least we got to see Aunt Helen with Ty, even if there was no Aunt Helen and Annie
- the costumes were on fire. why am i, a 21 yo, vibing with Helen and Maddie's outfits so much?
- Finally can we takl about the grown up adult woman walking up to a teenager her insulting her? That is so funny
My favourite quotes from Krystal Sutherland's 'The Semi-definitive list of Worst Nightmares'
you couldn't say 'sorry I'm far too emotional damaged for you to be painting my likeness into murials
It's was easy enough to hurt for yourself. Hurting for other people, that's what broke you
Loving someone who hurts you is not weak, staying with someone who hurts you is different
Sometimes you're brave if you run. Sometimes you're brave if you stay.
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Cannot tell you HOW MUCH I ADORE THIS BOOK i actually borrowed it digitally from my library and I'm definetly going to find a paper copy because it's too good to not have these actually words and characters and stories in my room.
First off, Id just like to talk about how much I love Jonah and Esther? I don't know what exactly about their relationship it is, but it's one of the best, healthiest, most enjoyable ya romances I've read in a long while.
Tw anxiety, suicide, self harm, phobias
This book may not be for everyone, i think if you've experienced mental illness and especially generational mental illness in a certain way it was resound better, but I've seen a some criticism about the author using mental illness ect to further the plot, and I wholeheartedly disagree with these points. I think the author uses them in an abstract way, and I especially love that (SPOILER) at the end part of the resolution is going and getting help.
Overall 1000/10 would definitely recommend but CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS FIRST PLEASE
Im gonna say something controversial - i don't like Jess and Rory as a couple (hear me out)
Don't get me wrong, Jess is one of my favourite characters, definetly, and his arc is, in my opinion, the best, however, i hate his and Rory's relationship. Maybe because I know I couldn't deal with a partner like him, who knows.
However.
Jess' arc is what makes me sure that Rory and Jess should've been together in a year in the life.
Jess had gone off and made something of himself and progressed and become such an amazing guy, and Rory should've followed his example, in my opinion, the year in the life should've been Rory and Jess being a power couple, maybe at the end have Rory announce she's pregnant,
But this time, instead of it feeling a bit like a kick in the teeth because Lorelai always said she never wanted Rory to have her life, and here Rory was, albeit 20 years older than Lorelai, but still in a very similar position of having no real carer, no husband/partner, and facing single momdom,
Instead you'd go
You'd feel like 'wow, Rory is in this stable, loving relationship, and they're excited about this child, and she's made something of her self and she's got everything Lorelai hoped she would' and you'd not only be happy for Rory, but you'd feel so happy for Lorelai, who succeeded, she went out on her own determined to give her kid a new and different life and she did that.
Ugh, a year in the life was such a waste
((also just imagine the whole thing of Luke being the babies step-taid and also great uncle is not there))
One of my favourite things about Sweet Magnolia's is that the parents actually parent their kids without the kids acting like it's unfair/they're being victimised and obeying them, and then discussing and reasoning on getting days off of their grounding for good behaviour, cos I am SO over teens in shows being rebellious brats all the time. Like, was it only me that made serious mistakes and had to learn why it was a mistake from being disciplined and actually respects the fact my parents did their best to teach me?
Ep. 6 - Simon and CeCe get asked to debate whether salt or pepper is best and it's supposed to show how amazing CeCe is and she has so much potential as a lawyer, but I think it's... Entirely stupid? At one point Simon is like 'salts better because it's more versatile' and CeCe says 'i thought we were arguing which was best not which was more versatile.' what??? Versatility is one of the arguments he's using, and I think his arguments were better, and put together more unbiasedly than CeCe, who seemed to use emotion behind her arguments, something lawyers are supposed to NOT do apparently... That whole scene just made no sense to me
Gabe might be the only one with a brain of the school crowd
Kyle is so sweet and cute, if he wasn't like 12 I'd definitely ship him and Annie.
Also got to complain that A knows everything except when you want them to know something!
Like Jason didn't call the police, yet A doesn't know that. She does know that one time you itched your but when you were four and then sniffed it AND she had photographic evidence
One of the annoying things about Ezra is that I actually like him, he's really sweet and caring to all the girls and gives them good advice, if only he didn't have to date Aria when she's only like 16 and he's 26
I wish the first ep of season 6 was just the families and police, an update of what had been happening to them during the 3 weeks, I'd have loved to see how they all reacted to finding out about A and Tanner eating her words and suspicions, and more of Toby, Ezra, and Caleb working together
So idk if people were doing this elsewhere, but in our area we started doing rock snake trains, so you'd paint a rock and add it to the line and keep going
And my neice just started watching pll and as a joke said you could imagine the girls walking along looking at the rocks it would be a good time for an A rock to turn up
So we decided to combine the 'threatening encouragement' vibe (like 'things will get better weather you like it or not - A' and 'dont think we're not watching you. We know how well youre doing - A), paint in on rocks in red and we had a whale of a time
Mr Charlston is such a moron when he brings up Loerlai's lack of participation in after school activities, and then when she tries to explain her schedule is busy, he's like 'were all tremendously busy.'
From the fact that lorelai went to her parents to get help paying for chilton, it sounds like there is no provision for 'under privileged kids', and later with the disastrous huntzberger meal, we see that a wife working is not seen as appropriate for the kind of people who send their kids to schools like Chilton, so seriously, how many of the other mother's, or father's, joining in are single (and carrying the parent load without maids or nannies to help), working full time, AND doing further education? No one probably, Mr Charlston needs to give Lorelai a break!
Gilmore Girls season 2 episode 6 - the end when Lorelai goes to see her mum just to 'hang' and let her know if she ever needs to talk, Lorelai is there got here ❤️❤️❤️
Convicned my mum to watch Gilmore girls so I've started from the beginning again to watch it with her, and my Dad has been coming in and out and seeing twenty minutes here and there,
And when we got to the episode where max proposes with all the flowers dad went 'wait she can't say yes to him, she's gonna marry that guy with the hat!'
