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hear me out. Dark & Back to the Future represent exactly opposite ends of the Time Travel Media Spectrum.
@full-time-dumb-lesbian I think Butterfly Effect (2004) for the top right
yeah good shout
#bottom left bill and ted?
on reflection yeah i think ur right
Yeah
How has marvel movie fatigue not set in for literally every human being on this planet by now
Because Marvel movies can be Epics, Heists, Coming of Age, Fantasy, Mystery, Thrillers, Horror. You name the genre and there is a good chance that there is a Marvel movie that fits the criteria.
my dad–also a writer–came to visit, and i mentioned that the best thing to come out of the layoff is that i’m writing again. he asked what i was writing about, and i said what i always do: “oh, just fanfic,” which is code for “let’s not look at this too deeply because i’m basically just making action figures kiss in text form” and “this awkward follow-up question is exactly why i don’t call myself a writer in public.”
he said, “you have to stop doing that.”
“i know, i know,” because it’s even more embarrassing to be embarrassed about writing fanfic, considering how many posts i’ve reblogged in its defense.
but i misunderstood his original question: “fanfic is just the genre. i asked what you’re writing about.”Â
i did the conversational equivalent of a spinning wheel cursor for at least a minute. i started peeling back the setting and the characters, the fic challenge and the specific episode the story jumps off from, and it was one of those slow-dawning light bulb moments. “i’m writing about loneliness, and who we are in the absence of purpose.”
as, i imagine, are a lot of people right now, who probably also don’t realize they’re writing an existential diary in the guise of getting television characters to fuck.Â
“that’s what you’re writing. the rest is just how you get there, and how you get it out into the world. was richard iii really about richard the third? would shakespeare have gotten as many people to see it if it wasn’t a story they knew?”
so, my friends: what are you writing about?
Well….. fuck…now that you put it that way….
i almost finished 300,000 words before i realized i was essentially writing about how hard it is to make friends after age 35. and how much i need to.
Yup. There’s a vast difference between adaptations that make thoughtful deliberate changes with regards to the new medium, current audiences and that present an interpretation of the original work where it’s obvious that it’s born out of an affection/ genuine interest in the original work and “adaptations” that take the name and changes it to the point it’s unrecognisable and, in fact oftent run directly counter to the core philosophy, ideas and themes of the original work, where you are left wondering if the “adapters” even read/watched the original and you certainly can’t see any critical engagement with or affection for it remaining in the new work.
I actually take great joy in the first category and look forward to seeing how and where they’ve changed things. I also really enjoy thinking about the changes made, and speculating on what the thoughts behind them were. And seeing which bits I prefer from each.
The second category on the other hand feels like an incredibly cheap and cynical short-sighted attempt to cash in on existing fan bases without any actual affection for the material that drew them to it in the first place. It’s almost guaranteed to disappoint that group no matter if the rest is skillfully done because it breaks the expectations promised by the name.
This is PARTICULARLY true of IPs like Discworld that grapple with philosophy and comment deeply on ethics and injustice and the nature of humanity (good and bad), and where the fanbase is very engaged with the source material and its philosophy.
Basically if you want to do the second just admit you wrote your own thing and don’t pretend that it’s an adaptation.
also like hard shoutout to the guy who rolled up to not only pratchett’s daughter but a writer who has, herself, worked on multiple different mediums in the same franchise, just going like “yeah i know you had a comment on how you feel the adaptation of your father’s work changed it significantly but…. have you considered………. books and tv are different things?”
The problem with a lot of these adaptations is that the people doing them think “this would be more marketable to a larger audience if it weren’t so weird,” and they get rid of a lot of the idiosyncrasies in an effort to make something with a broad appeal to non-fans.
The thing is, that larger audience doesn’t know what a Discworld is, and probably doesn’t care enough to look it up. If, on the other hand, they have friends who know about Discworld, they’ll hear about it from word of mouth.
Let’s look at me as an example. I know a little bit about Discworld because I’m, y’know, on Tumblr, you pick things up by osmosis. I am the exact sort of person who would ask a friend, “Hey, you read Discworld – you heard anything about this Watch show?” And if the production had shown reasonable respect for the source material, my Discworld friend would be excited to tell me about it.Â
As it stands, I don’t even need to ask, because my Discworld friends have been SCREAMING IN RAGE – which means me, and probably most of the other nerds who only know a little bit about Discworld, have now decided it’s not worth the time.
(By contrast, I knew even less about Good Omens before they made the miniseries, but word of mouth persuaded me to watch it, and you all know what happened then.)
i had tried a dozen times to read good omens over the years and never could get further than a couple chapters, it just did nothing for me. but the show literally changed my life. it changed how i interact with the world on a fundamental level! and i only watched the show BECAUSE of the explosion of enthusiasm from book fans.
i wish producers would wrap their fucking heads around this.
reblogging my commentary commentary from my main blog bc it’s relevant here, too.
And it’s not like other Discworld novels have not been successfully made. I present Hogfather. They translated novel to movie without missing the point.
DO NOT DO THIS.
This makes me so angry.
If you work in a movie theater and you do this I have no respect for you.
My younger brother is Type 1 Diabetic.
When we go to a movie theater, we always get him diet soda. If he were to get regular when we asked for diet, we would not give him the insulin he would need for it. If that happens, his blood sugar level could go so high he could go into a coma, go blind, or even die.
If somebody gave him regular soda instead of diet without telling us, that person could be responsible for a nine-year-old being killed or blinded.
Just thinking about that makes me so angry. I get scared every time we take him to a movie in case the people working there saw this picture and decide to do the same thing.
Please signal boost this so people know.
This also applies to baristas
Fun story about the baristas doing this kind of shit.Â
I am very sensitive to lactose, not Lactose intolerant but because of stomach ulcers that are still healing. A couple years ago I went to Starbucks right after my classes with some friends and asked for a green tea latte with soy milk. The barista, for some reason out of malice and/or hate for her life so she took it out on me, gave me whole milk in my latte.
5 minutes after my first sip of latte, my stomach cramped BAD. Not the “Oh! time to poop!” kind of cramp but it felt like someone had stabbed me with a knife and twisted it. Now I’ve had this happen before so I knew the cause of it. I went up to the barista clutching my gut screaming at her that she put dairy in my latte rather than soy LIKE I REQUESTED. She denied it and called me a “pretentious white girl for wanting soy”and so my friends got the manager. I had to explain that I had stomach ulcers that were still healing and if I were to go to the hospital for this incident, they would be responsible for it.
Manager flipped his shit and the barista was terrified out of her mind. Pretty sure both thought i was gonna sue. Manager actually fired her on the spot because of the negligence. My friends managed to get me home in one piece while I stayed home for 3 days in absolute agony and missed my midterm.
So remember kiddies, if someone is asking for Diet or “Skinny” or “soy” or anything that is not regular, give them what they requested because it may not be them being healthy, but a dietary need that can possibly be life or death
also if they ARE trying to be healthy you should give it to them to!! Its not your decision to police or question others food choices!!!Â
also im lactose intolerant AND ive had stomach infections/ulcers so i feel this.Â
I have Celiac Disease, so I’m very gluten intolerant. When I go out to eat at restaurants a lot of people just assume that I asked for my food gluten free because of the gluten free diet fad (which is usually a bullshit diet btw).Â
Last month I went out to dinner with a friend at an italian restaurant that had a small gluten free menu. I had been there once before and had their gluten free pasta and it was great! I think one of the managers had been there and was super helpful when taking my order to make sure that everything was gluten free for me. When I ordered the gluten free pasta again this time though, the waitress who took my order all but rolled her eyes at me. I didn’t think much of it at the time, because the restaurant was so accommodating before, I just assumed it would be the same this time.
But sure enough, they brought out my pasta, I ate it, and about an hour later I had extreme stomach pains and was throwing up (in a movie theater no less).
Barfing and agonizing pain aside, eating gluten when you have celiac causes a lot of internal damage that’s hard to notice. The biggest thing is that it damages your intestines, preventing your body from absorbing nutrients properly, which can take months to heal.
So PLEASE, if you work at a restaurant or anything with food and someone asks for something a certain way, please listen to them and don’t just disregard someone’s order. It’s not funny and it can have serious consequences.
I will reblog this with every single story about someone getting sick because of an asshole giving them the opposite of what they ordered until it sinks in for everyone.
Recently on the news a 16 year old boy with a dairy allergy had gone to eat at IHOP with his family. The specifically asked if they could make dairy free pancakes and they said yes. Not too long after he had a reaction and was rushed to the hospital. This kid died because the was dairy in his pancakes that they asked for no dairy. His epi pen that his mother had wasn’t enough to help him. I know working in fast food or any job that’s serves food and beverage sucks but not as much as causing someone to get sick over negligence.
My youngest cousin – who is now five, he just started kindergarten – has Celiac’s disease. You would not BELEIVE the amount of times I’ve heard my aunt say she’s ordered something gluten free, only to watch the waiter or waitress’s eyes go huge when she gives it to my cousin – my cousin with the medical id band on his tiny five year old wrist proclaiming I HAVE CELIACS and have to take it back. Shit like this could kill my cousin. Knock it the fuck off.
I cannot tolerate caffeine–it makes me have chest pain and a racing pulse, and also gives me horrible body pain, so I always ask for decaf if I order coffee when I’m out, and doublecheck with the waiter/ress when they bring it. but instead of saying “is this decaf like I asked for?” I always say “oh, did I remember to order decaf?” I shouldn’t have to act like I’m the forgetful one (because I know damn well I asked for decaf) but it seems to work better than implying that they screwed up when I take the blame on myself like that. and if there’s any hesitation when they answer, I tell them, “if there’s any doubt, please get another one, or just give me water–if this is regular, it’ll mess up my heart” and lots of times when I say that, they look alarmed and go change it or get another one.Â
but I shouldn’t HAVE to share my personal medical history with strangers just to get my order right! no one should! how is it their business? it makes me really uncomfortable to have to do that. JUST GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY ORDER!
I’ve reblogged this maaaany times before but there’s a few new stories on here so i’m doing it again.
cut this shit out
don’t be that kind of asshole.
As a diabetic, this would make me so beyond angry. Skinny doesn’t mean they don’t have a life threatening illness. Skinny doesn’t mean they can process sugar the way you do. People that do this are the worst kinds of people. DO NOT DO THIS!
Me and my family went to a restaurant a few years back and one of the dishes we ordered was made with wine vinegar, which I am allergic to, so we asked the waiter to skip it, and he said sure, no problem, that’s fine. So my food gets to the table, and I start eating and then my throat closes and I can’t breathe and then I start coughing and throwing up right there in the middle of the restaurant and it was very fortunate that I was with my family and they knew what was happening to me. I had to be rushed to the hospital, and admitted, and I came damn near close to having my throat cut open so I could breathe through a whole on my neck. Because they put wine vinegar in my food when I explicitly told them not to, because they were assholes, and I could have died. They probably didn’t mean to hurt me but they did. I missed class, and work, and, again, I COULD HAVE DIED.
i have cyclic vomiting syndrome and can’t tolerate dairy or red meat. violating my dietary restrictions triggers an acute episode, and i have to be hospitalized and given iv saline, ativan, and anti-emetics to stop the (extremely painful and incapacitating) vomiting. if somebody put regular milk instead of soy milk in my latte and i didn’t notice the taste immediately, i could wind up in the er and then spend several days in bed recovering, eating nothing but saltines and dry toast and clear liquids until my body was able to tolerate food again, unable to work or go out or do anything besides rest. whenever i go to starbucks, i WATCH them make my drink. cvs episodes are horrible and i hate them, and i can prevent them if i do everything right, but that means my damn barista has to cooperate. if somebody decided i was a stuck up white girl and gave me whole milk instead of soy they could put me in the hospital and cost me days of income. give ppl the food they fuckin order. it’s not that hard.
Reblogging because it’s so important. I’m “lucky” I don’t have any food allergies or intolerence, but it makes me mad when people take them not seriously, think you are picky or just following a “white girl diet fad”.
90% of people don’t take my cats and dog allergies seriously when I tell them I’m allergic and wondering if a cat or a dog is present at X place. They think it’s just watery eyes. Nope. Well yeah, watery and itchy eyes, but I start wo wheeze and have trouble breathing. They don’t give epi-pen for those (anyway you have to go to the hospital after) just inhaler. It’s no miracle, specially if I didn’t take other meds before.
When people tell you about their allergies or restriction, trust them!
Reblogging for all the stories here because this is sooo important!Â
I have a severe allergy to gluten and relate to MANY of the stories above. My daughter has a severe allergy to milk fat, and I have had to hold her hair many times while she vomits on the side of the road because we couldn’t even make it home from the “accidental” whole milk instead of skim.Â
I’m super lactose intolerant so accidental milk is always fun. Severe diarrhea, stomach cramps, bloating, and gas like you wouldn’t believe. Better than death you might say but, I have other medical conditions, so that diarrhea could lead to vomiting(it’s so bad the vomit comes out my mouth AND nose) and dehydration that in turn becomes low cortisol and adrenal crisis. A bitchy barista can land me in the hospital with an intramuscular shot and saline iv. Hun, it takes no time to listen and follow my order. It takes me at least 24 hours to get out of the hospital. Be nice.
I’m allergic to pork. Legit allergic. I can’t count how many times I’ve had to ask it off my food only to receive it with bacon or ham or something on it.
Please respect peoples food requests. It costs 0.00$ to not be a dick.
I actually have customers who say they’ll only eat at my restaurant when I’m there, because they know I require all policy to be followed, as in “I will kick you the fuck off your shift if you skimp,” if someone says the words “I have an allergy.” I developed our allergy policies, for that matter, because what we had in place before was “I guess you shouldn’t change your gloves … . ?” On my shifts your gloves get changed, that line gets wiped down with a new cloth, paper under EVERY ITEM for the person with the allergy, bag their food separately to prevent contact. If there’s a risk of cross-contamination with an allergen, like tomatoes in the guac because stuff spills when you’re moving as fast as we do, I’ll open a new bag of food. I learned the ingredients in every item we serve so I could advise people on hidden allergens (e.g., there’s a small amount of wheat in our beef as a thickener; we fry with safflower oil). We have a grease pencil to mark special builds and I use it liberally on allergy orders. If all of this sounds like overkill, you’ve never watched a child suffer from anaphylaxis. I don’t play around.
Like, I bitch about my job a lot, but food allergies and special needs are not something I will ever bitch about. Even if you’re a complete asshole I won’t risk contaminating your food. (Although people with allergies seem to be way nicer than the general population, I gotta say.) Don’t do it. If someone’s a petty asshole to you, give them too much ice in their drink. Don’t play with their health.
DO NOT FUCKING SCROLL PAST THIS P L E A S E
Reblogging this again because it is important. Doing the right thing has no cost but doing the wrong thing can cost a person’s life. Don’t be a dick, give the person what they ordered
As someone with several food allergies of varying degrees of severity, I know the risks I take any time I eat anything I don’t make myself.
I am always very clear and up front with wait staff (no cilantro - I am severely allergic) I ask questions if the menu is vague (are the empanadas made with beef or pork chorizo?) and I scrutinize my food to make sure it is safe to eat, but I still get dairy in my soy chai and actually had a waitress write “extra cilantro” on a kitchen ticket once. I had to send it back with the food runner and he showed me the ticket.
Why do that?! I’m terribly polite because I feel guilty for needing the special order but I do enjoy breathing and would like to continue doing it.
Milk or beef will cause medium distress and I admit that I’ll eat them in small amounts, on occasion, if I’m feeling up to it; apples or lettuce will cause intestinal bleeding so I strictly avoid them; but ingesting even the smallest amount of cilantro will swell my throat, lock my lungs making it almost impossible to breathe and give me aggressive full body hives. I can’t even get to close to it at the store without my heart racing wildly and my lungs tightening like a fist is wrapped around them.
All in all, I do accept the risk associated with eating things I didn’t prepare myself, but I will hold a grudge against any establishment that is staffed by asshats who *deliberately* poison me. I rarely allow a dish I send back to be replaced, never go back to a place that ignored my order and I’ll leave a review everywhere I can.
Please please please do not be the asshat that hurts someone over your assumptions. It may seem petty and amusing to you but it *can* kill.
I am allergic to nothing, but giving me soy will make me sick for days, because it sets off my autoimmune disease for some reason.
Giving me unwarned-for dairy will give me severe GI problems, and the inflammation from that will set off my autoimmune disease. (If I know about the dairy, I can ameliorate this by like 90+% easily, like for example I just ate some cheese but since I fed it to myself I took medication and it shouldn’t cause me any problems. So it’s sneak dairy when I ask for something else that’s the problem.)Â
Just don’t mess with it when people ask for changes. Or be honest about what you can & can’t do (there’s a restaurant near me which is really great about adjusting most things, but there’s like 2 dishes on the menu they can’t alter in a way that makes them safe for me. When I asked, they were totally up-front about it and now I know).
All of this. And let me illustrate.
I’m medium-sensitive–not allergic–to the solvents used to create decaf and certain artificial sugars (like sweet and low and equal; splenda, not so much, but I still dislike due to classical conditioning from equal experiences). It’s minor: cramping and extended bathroom use for a few hours and basically just annoying. Which makes any diet sodas, decaf sodas, decaf coffee, and decaf black teas not recommended and kind of sucky and at worst, it makes me twitchy and nervous along with cramping and bathroom residence.
(I do get the irony that decaf and artificial sugars make me twitchy and nervous while caffeine and sugar calm me down. But it makes it easy for me to tell when I’m given the wrong thing, which by the way is almost never.)
It’s the hat trick of lucky sensitivities; none of these are likely to be given to me by accident ever (it happened once; all other experiences were my own damn fault or an unfortunate Lent sacrifice that taught me the value of not making stupid Lent sacrifices but probably made God laugh a lot). I don’t have to ask for anything outside the norm of an order.
Which is why I pay attention to people’s allergies and food restrictions. It’s habit now; even with people I know, even with friends, even with family, I double check before making them anything or feeding them anything. Sure, I remember, but why take the risk I forget something minor or I didn’t know about some small thing related to it or just didn’t occur to me because I’m in a rush or I had no idea that item actually had a trace of this? Who on earth wants to be responsible for hurting someone–or killing someone–just by ignorance, much less malice?
Not having allergies is a privilege; not worrying about being given the wrong thing and getting sick or dying is a privilege; not having to be aware every second you are in public around food or other allergens about exposure is one fuck of a privilege.
There is no excuse; deliberately or carelessly ignoring their request is no different than dropping arsenic in their food and thinking it’s funny. Think I’m being dramatic? Read above and try again; if I had my way, every person who ever deliberately fed or exposed someone to an allergen they were told was a problem would be charged with felony assault and that’s just the minimum.
Rebloging this because I’m super lactose intolerant too, as in enough of it can kill me.
I work at a French fast food. We don’t do beverage with soy milk only regular.
So one morning I didn’t had breakfast and need some coffee to wake me up. But I don’t like it too strong. So as I was going to work, I stopped at a Starbuck. Then thinking nothing of it i ordered a coffe as I do usually with soy milk, saying that I was allergic
(it work better with people to say allergic than intolerant because for some reason they don’t think it can be severe)
For some reason they gave me normal milk. I drank it really fast not wanting to have it with at the workplace.
Only problem as I arrive there to change clothes I start vomiting and not stopping. They had to call a medic to give me an injection to stop it, and I hat to go to the hospital.
Super fun!
That’s also why at work I always take care to give exactly what they ask me. You never know. But some of my co-workers can really be stupid.
First Impressions: Lightning Round!
Yes, yes. I’m very behind and didn’t write about the movies I saw this year very well. Well I’m going to do quick synopsis of the movies that I saw (since this summer) limiting each to a short paragraph. If I feel strongly about certain things, I’ll include supplement posts at a later date.
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
Solo
This movie was so good! And it’s a shame more people didn’t go see it. I love this as an origin story for Han, it explains the attitude that he has in “A New Hope” and I fell in love with him a little more. But Disney has since admitted their mistakes and hopefully after a break we’ll be ready for more Star Wars.
The Incredibles 2
I’ll be honest. Unlike most people (according to the internet) I wasn’t waiting for a sequel to the first movie. I thought that the first one wrapped up nicely and I wasn’t thinking “I wonder what happens next!” But I very rarely have those thoughts with movies. And this movie did address questions left hanging from the end of the first movie. Evelyn was an incredible antagonist and I loved seeing Helen get to shine as a hero.
Ant Man and the Wasp
I honestly think that of all the Marvel movies, the Ant Man ones are my favorites. Don’t get me wrong, I love all of them, but Ant Man tends to be smaller scale conflict wise. They are always important but it’s never really “the world is DOOMED!!!” type of conflict. The humor is amazing and my favorite part was when the mom possessed Scott. That’s one way to meet the mother I guess. And the final scene tied in perfectly with Infinity War and makes me very anxious for that sequel (as if I wasn’t already).
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
This movie felt a lot like The Wizard of Oz, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Alice in Wonderland. I think a large part of that is because the bulk of the story of the Nutcracker is taken care of in the first act of the ballet. It’s Christmas Eve and Clara receives a magical nutcracker from her godfather Drosselmeyer. The Nutcracker comes to life, defeats the mouse king, becomes a prince, and takes Clara to explore his realm. The End. But this one decided to make it more complicated. Clara’s mother passed away recently and the family is celebrating their first Christmas without her. Her mother gave her a faberge egg that is locked. Drosselmeyer leads her to the key and a mysterious world where her mother was queen. The whole plot seems to try to blur the line between science and magic and makes interesting choices. The strangest to me is that they made the Sugar Plum Fairy evil while trying to fake you out into believing that Mother Ginger is the bad guy. Eh
The Crimes of Grindelwald
This hurt. This scene (will be a supplement). Everything else in the movie was thrilling, gut wrenching, and compelling from the mystery of who Credence is (still don’t buy that he’s Dumbledore’s brother), to the interactions between Newt and Tina, to Leta’s sacrifice. Jude Law is a fantastic Dumbledore and aside from continuity errors (I long ago decided to separate movie cannon from book cannon) I see no reason why the average Harry Potter fan can’t use this movie and it’s predecessor to introduce new people to the world of Harry Potter.
Into the Spiderverse
I adore this movie. The style is beautiful and pays homage to not only classic comic book style, but also to noir, anime, and even to classic Looney toon type animation. This movie is epic in story, in style, in movement. It follows Miles Morales as he gains spider powers and has to figure out what it means to become Spiderman with the help of some other Spider-People. It revolves around the idea that powers aren’t enough to make you a hero. You need conviction and resolve. In addition to this, it seems that no Spider is immune to the tragedy of losing someone close to them. It’s always that missing piece that convinces our heroes to make the choice to become a hero and do their best to save others from that fate.
And that is it! I’ll return in the new year with those supplements I promised.
Remember: Watch out for spoilers! Â
A Retrospective Review Bones: Season 1
Why am I doing a review on the first season of a show that has been over for more than a year? Well for one thing it’s one of my favorite shows, so why not give myself a reason to re-watch the series for the third, fifth, twentieth time. But honestly, it’s because I believe there is something here that other shows can learn from. This show ran for 12 years, when many shows considerate an accomplishment to make it to their third season. This show is clever and emotional. It resonates with a large audience across the world. That doesn’t happen often. And I would like to give my thoughts on why I think it did.
The first season of Bones is largely experimental. They are testing the tone, the formula, location, even the characters. Much like the first draft of a book, there are details that we are given in this first season that are ultimately cut from the story, like Dr. Goodman as the administrator of the Jeffersonian’s researchers and scientists, or Sam Cullen, a deputy director of the FBI. Additionally, some details that seemed like throw away comments, such as Booth playing soldier with his little brother, Jared, for future shows to focus on that relationship. Even Angela’s dad, played by (as himself) Billy Gibbons, made repeated appearances throughout the run of the series.
The stories told in this season lean far more heavily on the social commentary. True you could say that every story ever told has elements of commentary on the human condition, but it’s a bit more blatant in the first season. You have stories centered around victims who was addicted to plastic surgery, boys who are outcasts one way or another, a pregnant immigrant who was about to be deported. There is a strong undercurrent that in a way feels, not judgmental, but cautionary. They are in a sense, pointing out the problems that our society has.Â
As far as tone goes, while the characters don’t take themselves as seriously as some other crime shows, it’s far more serious than later episodes. Not every episode was life or death, though we did have a few of those this season, but it was filled with a great sense of soberness and urgency. Every case that Booth and Brennan have does have a sense of urgency and importance, it’s to varying degrees which in later episodes allows the characters lives and growth to shine. There are times in this season that character moments felt a little more shoehorned into the story, like when Angela and Brennan are talking.
Overall, you can tell that while this is a growing period for the show, figuring out their identity in a sea of other crime dramas, that there is something special about it. It doesn’t try to talk down to the audience and doesn’t try to appeal to the lowest common denominator (first 30 minutes of the pilot exempted). There is (sort of) an episode in this season that talk about that. Ultimately I found that I enjoy seeing these episodes, it proves that you don’t necessarily have to a clear direction at the start. All you need is a good idea and compelling characters.
Steven Universe: A Change in the Game
I will be the first to admit I’m not an avid fan, nor do I keep up on it very well, but Steven Universe more than once has grabbed my attention and has earned my respect. With almost every “Steven-Bomb” it forces you to look back and really look at the show. This most recent episode, more than ever, changes everything we knew about Steven Universe.
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!
I meant what I said earlier. This series is prone to not just, emotional stories about growing up and finding your place. It usually changes that status quo in such a way that when you go back earlier in the series, the way you view the previous episodes changes. It happened with the reveal of Sapphire and Ruby, it happened when Jasper was corrupted, and it happened now with the reveal of Pink Diamond.
That moment when we saw Rose Quartz turn into Pink Diamond that shook the foundation of this show. Yes, it is still a story of rebellion and finding who you are and acceptence, but now it’s so much deeper. I mean before, the story of Rose Quartz was that of a lowly soldier who grew to love the planet she was honor bound to destroy. Rose Quartz was someone who rejected who she was made to be so that she could live as she was. She was someone who brought in those who felt unwanted and confused and encouraged them to live for themselves. In a very real way, it is still the same story, but there is a bit more to it.
Pink Diamond, in a very real sense rejected her place something no one had done before, but this is more like a princess rejecting there place rather than a servant rising above their station. We can gather from what was known about “Rose Quartz” journey that Pink decided to go into disguise to learn more about her planet and fell in love with it. Fell in love so much that the idea of taking it apart to become what she has always known hurt. We can guess that in her own way, she tried to explain to her sisters, Blue and Yellow, how she felt but all they heard were excuses. Desperate she concocted a scheme with her Pearl to fake her own death so she could live her own life. She had no idea the lengths the other Diamonds would go to avenge her.
But I wasn’t focused on what this meant for Rose. I was focused on Pearl. Though out the series, Pearl has shown a devotion to Rose that was unparalleled (until we met other pearls) and out of context felt a bit creepy. She claimed she was the only one who truly knew Rose (inadvertently hurting the others) and was heart broken when Rose loved a certain human to the point of giving up her life to bear a child. Pearl who literally couldn’t speak about something. With this revelation, we not only understand her silence, but we understand why she took this so hard. Pink Diamond was the only one that she devoted herself to for hundreds if not thousands of years. It’s not millennia of time figuring out her new role, it is literally only a little more than a decade.
I’m not here to concoct theories on what will happen next or look at each moment of her life. What I want to do explore stories and the characters that drive them. And truly the characters in Steven Universe’s story drive everything.
First Impressions of Avengers: Infinity War
Well sweet sugar honey iced-tea. That happened.
Ordinarily I would talk about what this series of movies has meant to different people. I would talk about what it meant to me. But I don’t think I can open with that. I am fresh out of the theater and my thoughts are swirling. I’m not sure they will stop swirling by the time I post this a week later. So we are just going to go right into this thing.
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE YET DO NOT READ!
It’s not very often I am caught by surprise with story endings. I have read so much and studied so much that I usually have a feeling of how something is going to end before we are through the second act. But this movie through me for a loop. Marvel has set a precedent that before the credits roll, even if it seems hopeless, that the good guys, our heroes, will always pull victory from the stinking jaws of defeat.
But it didn’t happen this time. This time Thanos, poor misguided Thanos, had all the tools to make sure that he succeeded. Like Doctor Strange, he manipulated time, reversed a heartbreaking sacrifice, and made it meaningless. The unthinkable happened and many of the characters that we have grown to love over the years were wiped away. I can’t recap them all, but it will suffice to say was in tears. Others in the theater were just as shocked as I was. In fact, a young girl that was sitting next to her mother near me was very vocal about how displeased she was by this turn of events. The heroes lost the battle.
And yet this needed to happen. Marvel has been weaving this cinematic universe for the past 10 years when Iron Man first released May of 2008. We were first introduced to the Tesseract in Thor and Captain America in 2011. We have been leading up to this confrontation with Thanos since the first Avengers movie in 2012. To have all of that build up only to have it resolved in their first contact with him would have been a bit of a letdown. In all my favorite stories, when the heroes end up defeated and have to regroup, it is all the more satisfying to see them triumph in the end.
I know this feels very different from my other first impression reviews. I usually fill them with GIFs I find of my favorite moments and characters, with my comments underneath, but I couldn’t do it this time. This felt so different to me. In a way this is my way of showing respect to the characters that have suffered so much in this story that I have come to look up to and care about over these ten years and beyond.
Black Panther: Initial Thoughts
I have recently seen the newest Marvel movie The Black Panther and I was blown away. It was visually stunning, the score was beautiful, the acting was spot on. I have not seen a movie like this in a long time. As a white woman, I am unable to articulate how important this movie is, but make no mistake for many boys and girls, this movie is important. I would imagine that it will make many young people feel as happy as Wonder Woman made me.
WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD!
One of the first things you see in this movie is the News coverage of the aftermath of Civil War, which is a good lead in. It re-establishes what we last went through with T’Challa as well as shows us how far off the world’s view of Wakanda really is. The world’s view of Wakanda is a third world country that barely has enough resources for it’s people and our first view of Wakanda as the audience is this.
Not only is this a stunning view, but I really wish that cities looked a little more like this. I mean there is something awe inspiring even being among dozens of towering buildings, but it cannot compete with the glorious-ness of nature. Seeing the two live in harmony warms my heart.
I don’t think that there is another human currently on this planet who could have played this man so well as Chadwick Boseman. The way that he acts as T’Challa, especially when he is crowned king is so regal. The struggles that they present him with, duty to his people vs. helping the world, feels very real and personally I think it can translate to real world dilemas. When disaster strikes the world, is it better to close borders and look after your own or to reach out and help those who need it. At the same time, he lets himself have fun with his role and thinks about his relationship with every one of the characters.
Lupita Nyong’o was incredible in this. She is stunning no matter what she does, but we really got to see her be powerful and own it. There is a history between Nakia and T’Challa that we are thrown into, and the moment that we are introduced to that history is one of my favorite moments of the film. But it is also fun to see her resist her feelings for T’Challa because (at the time) becoming queen means that she can’t really be a spy and help the people of the world in that way anymore.
I really liked Okoye. She had a near constant look of “done with this nonsense” throughout the movie. And yet she wasn’t always the stoic warrior at the king’s side. We got to see her tease T’Challa, love W’Kabi, mourn her king, fight for what she believes. She is fiercely loyal to Wakanda and the order she serves. Her greatest moment of conflict came when Nakia was trying to convince her to leave and protect T’Challa’s family. She refuses because she swore alligance to the throne of Wakanda no matter who was on it. And it killed her a bit.
Shuri is far and above my favorite character in this entire movie. From the moment we are introduced to her, I loved her. Shuri’s relationship with her brother felt real. Her innovation was exciting to see. She did everything she could possibly do to help her brother and every one really improve and do better. She is like most kids and kinda laughs at tradition.
Killmonger. Mr. Michael B. Jordan honestly had a tough role. He played this man in a way that you couldn’t question that what he was doing was wrong. He was ruthless, calculating and fueled all of his decisions with unchecked anger. But here’s the thing. His background, being left behind after his father was killed, finding his body, knowing about this amazing country that didn’t seem to want to help others of their race who were captured and taken advantage of for centuries. T’Challa is horrified when he heard this. He (maybe foolishly) didn’t back down from a challenge from this man, showing Erik an understanding that he was ultimately blind to. The most terrifying thing about Killmonger is that his history, his background, is the reality for so many people in our country. It’s knowing that something could have been done for him. In the end, instead of hating him or thinking him evil, you pity him like the lost boy he is.
Ultimately, I thought this movie was amazing. I got a lot of Lion King vibes, because this struggle felt so Shakespearean. It felt epic and tragic, because through no fault of our main character he is left with the consequences of his ancestors actions. And the best part. He does his best to correct them. He opens the borders of Wakanda. He reaches out. He held Erik in his dying breaths. He is doing his best to be the King his country, his people deserve.
The Last Jedi: Initial Thoughts
Hey all! I, like many of you, was so excited for The Last Jedi, the newest installment in the Star Wars Universe. The theories of Rey’s parentage, hypothesis for the new trilogy, fan works and more ran rampant on the internet in the wake of Force Awakens and more so in anticipation of the next chapter.Â
But after the initial release Thursday night, I was shocked to see so many of my friends and others on the internet saying that “This isn’t Star Wars!”, “Disney ruined the franchise”, and even “I’m never going to see another Star Wars movie again!” But I also saw many people praising the movie (no spoilers of course) and saying how incredible it was as an addition to the story.Â
Still I saw it and kept an open mind about. I loved it, thought I can see why some people would be disappointed in what they saw.
WARNING! THERE ARE SPOILERS AHEAD!
Something I was expecting was for this movie to feel very similar to The Empire Strikes Back, not the same but very similar. And they took the bare bones of that plot (base evacuation, search for a mentor, uncertain future), but it was not a rehash that everyone was expecting and (in some cases) wanting. It felt like a natural character progression for everyone.Â
Rey is made to confront feelings of loneliness and abandonment. She expects Luke to fill these voids and tell that she belongs with the Jedi and she gets a grouchy old man who wants nothing more than to die. The only person that she feels a (literal) connection to is ironically Kylo Ren. She learns that he is not the monster that she expected, but he is also might not be someone that she can save.
Kylo Ren is even more the lost, petulant child than we thought. He, like Rey, felt abandoned by his parents when they sent him away to be trained. We learned that Luke in an act of pure instinct, drew his light saber in the presence of a young boy who was being drawn into the dark. Ren and Rey both feel like the other can be brought to their side, and for a minute of shear awesomeness they were on the same side. And it is heartbreaking for both when the other remains convicted to their respective sides. Not necessarily in a romantic sense, but in a similar way.
(Can’t find a current GIF of Finn)
I wasn’t surprised that Finn tried to jump ship ASAP. It was pretty clear that he wasn’t part of the rebellion for any other reason than Rey. I was pleasantly surprised by his new something, Rose Tico who added something new to the mix and brought out a new side of Finn. Rose in her fiery loyalty to the rebellion, and open disdain for those who would rather run away (especially in the aftermath of her sister’s sacrifice) is admirable. She is not someone we normally see and provides a new perspective. She is very much a grunt a (brilliant) maintenance worker and she is being asked to go and get help from a very shady person teamed up with a potential deserter. But what I think they learn from one another is that everyone is trying to protect something they love and they will do anything they have to.
Poe is coming off the high of one impossible win and is going for another. He succeeds, but he didn’t and doesn’t think about the cost of all of their bombers and several fighters. Of course no one expected that the First Order would have a way to follow them. Poe’s character arc is learning that (1) Murphy’s Law is a thing (2) That there is no such thing as acceptable loss to Leia (3) That he doesn’t always know what’s best.
Really the big theme for this Episode is disappointment. None of the characters got what they wanted. But at the end of it all, there is hope in the fact that the Resistance was not wiped out. They have barely survived this encounter and who knows if they will again, but there is hope as long as there are people who fight.
Next: The Greatest Showman!
DuckTale: A Reboot Done Right!
Anyone else die a little inside when they here another reboot is happening? It’s not that reboots are inherently bad, but in the last several years they are rarely… good. You have reboots like Teen Titans Go! that have character names in common… and that’s pretty much it. They don’t pay any attention to what came before and are counting on potty humor to carry them. You have reboots like Sailor Moon Crystal that is so similar to the original source material (the manga/comic) that you could almost read along. There are people who appreciate that sort of thing, but it takes absolutely no risks. You have reboots like the newest Beauty and the Beast movie that just miss that mark. They took some risks, but they wanted so much to honor Howard Ashman (in no way is that a bad thing) that few of their changes really made much of an impact. You don’t really have reboots that take too many risks that don’t pay off, because reboots in general are a safe and quick cash grab for companies. They know that people will watch the reboot if only for curiosities sake. But doesn’t it make more sense to re-imagine a show in a way that grabs the attention of not just those who remember it and loved it, but those who have yet to discover it.
But more and more we are getting reboots that not only highlight what we who grew up with it love, but takes enough risks that it feels fresh and new audiences are willing to take part. You can see it with My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (in its 7th season), the live action Jungle Book from 2016, Spiderman: Homecoming, and most recently the new DuckTales series on Disney XD.
When I first heard about the DuckTales reboot, I was conflicted. The more artwork and promos that got released the more conflicted I felt. I wanted to feel excited, they were showing us how much potential this has, but with all of that potential the harder the crash would be if they did not meet it. With all of this hanging over it, what did I think of the new DuckTales? It was more than I thought it could be!
SPOILERS AHEAD!
You could tell from early artwork that they were trying to distinguish Huey, Dewey, and Louie from one another. They got separate voice actors for the triplets and worked to make sure they had distinguishable character traits, which hasn’t been tried since the infamous Quack Pack series. And it really works. They didn’t focus on making the characters “hip and cool” (which ultimately dates the series), but instead focused on the boys and thought about how each one of them would relate to the world, their family and friends, and each other. And they did it. From this one episode that Huey is the most responsible and the nerdiest of the three, that Dewey is driven by the challenge and is most interested in the epic-ness of adventure, and Louie is very clearly about the gain, and the more gain and the less effort the more interested he is. From ONE episode. I love it when I can get an idea of a character from that little of information.
Webbie is also nicely updated, and while I thought that she was going to be a copy of Mabel from Gravity Falls, there are more than a few differences. While they are both imaginative, adventurous, hyper girls, Webbie is far more isolated and insecure. Mabel makes friends everywhere she goes, but Webbie actually asks the boys “Are we friends now?” after she captures them and explains that she lives in the manor with her grandma and studies literally everything to do with Scrooge McDuck. Webbie’s imagination also has a darker, espionage flair, while Mabel’s is sunshine, rainbows and sparkles. And I really love Webbie. I liked seeing her try to figure out how to relate to kids her own age. I liked her problem solving. I loved her voice. It was a happy update from the 80s and her high-pitched voice that sounded more like a 3-year-old than someone who did contribute on the adventures.
Watching Donald in this was awesome. You could see that he is still our favorite ill-tempered duck, but there was something that we’ve never seen in Donald, parental care and worry. He is very much like he is in early Scrooge comics, still temperamental but you can tell that he cares about his family. But something that hasn’t been explored before is the idea of an estranged relationship between Donald and Scrooge. It’s very intriguing and gives the writers room to grow, to repair possibly lost trust with Huey, Dewey, and Louie acting as that bridge between them.
Not much was changed with Launch Pad McQuack and I wouldn’t want it to. The only change I could see was that Launch Pad was already working for Scrooge as his chauffer, so we will move on to Beakly. I like that they made it so that Mrs Beakly was aleady working for Scrooge as his house keeper. It fits with his character to not hire more people than he deems necessary to run his house and having Mrs Beakly already living there means no one else has to be introduced or hired. But from a few lines that aren’t explained, you get the feeling that there’s more history between Scrooge and Beakly. The exchange that the two of them have in his study hints that Beakly knows him very well, working for him for a long time and probably going on past adventures with him. We know from Webbie that Beakly has trained her to “be ready for anything” but keeps her at the mansion with her. I see a correlation between Beakly’s and Donald’s attitudes towards their families and wanting to keep them safe and out of trouble. And while Beakly’s relationship with Scrooge has not suffered the same way Donald’s has, she still doesn’t want to risk Webbie to adventure.
Now Scrooge. Scrooge is the same greedy duck we all know and love, but we can see these days he doesn’t go adventuring the way he used to and he is bored. Why he stopped hasn’t been explained, but there’s time to explore that. He doesn’t like the thought that his adventures are over and that he should (in a sense) retire from those days. He doesn’t want to become a doting old man that spins tall tales for the next generation. Then Donald comes back into his life with his great-nephews in tow and they turn his world upside down in a way that he’s missed. Yeah, he shows off a bit for these kids, but whatever happened in his past with Donald I think is influencing him, because he tries to keep them safe. And at the end of it all, he invites Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie to come live with him. That is huge to me! I feel like he didn’t just offer his home because they suddenly found themselves homeless, but because he’s realized how much he misses his family.
I’m very impressed with what Disney XD has done so far. This feels like it’s going to be an awesome adventure. It pays homage to what has come before, but it changes what needs to be changed to bring it into the 21st century. I recommend anyone who hasn’t done it to check out on YouTube and I am anxiously waiting for the official premiere of the series this September 23rd.
First Impressions of Wonder Woman
(WARNING: SPOILER-ISH)
Can I say that it is a point of pride for me to see Wonder Woman doing so well? I love Wonder Woman (even without having read any of the comics) and always love seeing a new version of her origin story. While no movie is perfect, it did well in avoiding the large stumbling blocks that can happen in super hero/action movies where women have the most prominent role. There is a temptation to sexualize a character to an extreme, make her male co-stars incompetent, and/or remove all traces of femininity and I saw none of that in this movie.
Once again, I’ll do a more in-depth review once the movie comes out, but here are some thoughts.
Gal Gadot. What can I say about this woman that hasn’t already been said? If I hadn’t whole heartedly believed that she was a wonder woman in her own right, I did after I realized she was pregnant during filming. She portrayed a woman both out of her element and ironically ahead of her time (in a 1910s back drop) and I never found her to be Mary Sue-ish or unbelievable.
Chris Pine. I always love seeing this man and it was refreshing for me to have the unnecessary, practically naked scene (everything was covered) be with him in the compromising position and it served a purpose. It moved the plot forward while showing the major differences in Steve’s and Diana’s upbringings and world views in their reactions (or lack there of). How he trusted her completely, how he wanted to protect her, how he fought alongside her, this is the dynamic I want to see more of in all movies!
The ensemble cast was amazing. Steve’s ragtag group of military outcasts, showed both the caricatures of war and the costs war has for the men who fight. They gave Diana a better understanding that not all is as black and white as she believes it is. People are not good or evil, but their actions and why they do so are a testament to their characters.
The Amazons were all inspiring to see! An entire island of warrior women is something that I have until now only seen in animation and the action sequences with them (and throughout the film) were gripping and quick and beautifully choregraphed.
On the subject of Amazons, I loved Robin Wright as Antiope. She was fierce and courageous and I believed that she could lead an army. My one complaint/confusion. Why on Earth did she have to sacrifice herself to save Diana from a bullet if and I quote, “Only a god can kill a god." Makes no sense.
Speaking of gods, why on Earth did they choose David Thewlis to play Ares? It’s not that he did a bad job or anything, but all I can see is Professor Lupin.
Overall, this is a wonderful movie and I can’t thank the cast and crew of this film enough for the care that they put into this film.
Looking forward to the next installment and hoping Wonder Woman wasn’t a fluke.
Initial Thoughts: Beauty and the Beast
Yeah I know... This movie came out weeks ago, and I just barely saw it. I still wanted to share some of my initial thoughts on it.
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
Emma Watson as Belle was a no brainer, but it’s still comforting to see how good of a job she did. As for Belle herself, I loved that she was a bit of an inventor and I was hoping that there would be more of that seen instead of only ONE invention. *sigh* C’est la vie.
I loved the Beast! I loved that he wasn’t illiterate like the extended version of the animated movie suggested. I mean he’s a prince; he would have had a formal education. That small detail change gave us the chance to see genuine interactions between Belle and himself, discussing and sharing each other’s favorite books as well as gentle teasing for the guilty pleasures. But I felt that we could have seen more of a progression from angry-at-the-world beast to just-wants-Belle-to-be-happy Beast.
Hats off to Luke Evans. He played Gaston in such a way that we, the audience, could understand why the village loved him, but still make him completely detestable. I mean he truly believed that Belle would eventually marry him (no matter how many times she, her father, and LeFou told him it was hopeless) and he just got worse as the movie went on.
Bless Josh Gad and his softer, saner portrayal of Lefou. I mean he’s still a Gaston fanboy, but he had many moments through the course of the “courtship” of Belle thinking that Gaston was going too far.
One of the best moments of the film by the by.
Over all, I really loved the whole package. I do feel like it could have been better if they had decided on a clearer direction. If they wanted to be more like the animated film, commit to that. If they wanted to reimagine it, go for it. You can still tell the story differently, while paying homage to where your roots are.
I’ll do a proper review once it’s out on DVD and I can watch it more thoroughly.
See you next time!
The End of an Era: Celebrating Bones
Last week we saw the end of one of my personal favorite shows. Bones wrapped up its twelfth and final season on Tuesday night and I found it bitter sweet. I always have a hard time picturing a series like this ending, but I couldn’t have asked for a better ending (but maybe a longer season). The fact that this show has been on for twelve years says a lot for the quality it gave us. It’s nearly unheard of now for shows to make it past five or six years, but while Bones grew and adapted to the times, it never lost what had drawn me so many years ago: beautiful stories surrounding colorful characters.
I’ll admit that I didn’t start watching this show from the beginning. I’d see it on TV occasionally and I don’t think I ever turned it off, but I didn’t really become a fan until I sat down and watched it beginning to end one summer. At the time, they had just finished the fifth season and I thought why not. I’m forever glad that I decided to watch it, because it gave me hope and high expectations for long term storytelling that I’m not sure I would have without it.
Bones is first and foremost a story centering on the dashing and chivalric FBI agent, Seely Booth, and his relationship with his partner, clinical and literal Dr. Temperance Brennan. From the get go, this show took gendered stereotypes and turned them on its head. Sure Booth is the strong, heroic, almost knight like man who swoops in to save the day. He also has moments of hyper masculinity where he gets very defensive if someone suggests that he is behaving in a feminine fashion. But he is compassionate, he is intuitive, he is empathetic, all qualities normally attributed to women. Not only that, but we see repeatedly through the series (especially early on) that Booth in all his relationships is looking for something lasting and permanent. Stereotypically, men are almost commitment-phobic and actively avoid them like the plague until they find the right one.
Brennan on the other hand doesn’t seem to be the typical heroine at all. She extremely intelligent to the point of being Vulcan-like. For years she has relied on what her eyes see and what logic tells her. But how do they add to this and set her apart from characters with that almost robotic need to refer to logic? For one thing her temper is wicked. Wouldn’t think that she would as, like her name suggests, she has incredible restraint with her emotions, but you’d be surprised. She doesn’t lash out emotionally (at least not in early seasons), but if you threaten her, her friends, or her intelligence, she will quickly acquaint you with the floor. And in later seasons (when the writers realize she doesn’t have to throw people to express her anger), she uses her intelligence to put you in your place. Another thing is the writers allow her to be vulnerable and emotionally distant. She doesn’t instantly go running to her best friend complaining about Booth. While she approaches Angela for advice, she never does it for her own validation. She is rational and logical, which means she recognizes when she is out of her depth. While she recognizes Sweets as an expert in psychology (though it would be like pulling teeth getting her to admit such a thing), she trusts only Angela with advice on how to interact with people.
Character boundaries aren’t the only ones challenged. While most episodes adhered to a (loose) formula, every once in a while the mold was broken and those were some of my favorites, an alternate universe dream that Brennan writes while Booth is in a coma, an Alfred Hitchcock-ess episode, the entire episode told from the point of view of the skull. They took risks and while not every risk paid off, I enjoyed seeing the directors and writers decide that they were willing to try new things.
I will greatly miss this show and the cast of characters that started as enemies and ended as family. Thank you all.
My Ongoing Frustrations With Rory Gilmore
I love Gilmore Girls, I really do, but as I’ve been rewatching it with a new perspective and maturity that I just didn’t have when it first aired (I was 14/15 when it ended) I have come to a realization. Rory can be a huge brat.
I say can be, because most of the time I do actually like her. She genuinely cares for her family and friends and wants to do well in every aspect of her life. Most of the time when she is in trouble or people are critical of her she can be introspective and mature. Unless it’s her mom.
If her mom is upset with her (like when she stayed out all night with Dean) or her mom is pointing out faults that Rory would rather not acknowledge, Rory lashes out. I admit it, it’s hardest to hear these things from your mom, but Rory takes it to extremes. When Lorelai confronts her, Rory takes on a “with me or against me” attitude. A mentality that she likely learned from Lorelei.
Now the Gilmore house was not the easiest place to grow up as Emily does have high expectations of everyone around her and is at her harshest when they are not met. Lorelai however has let this bleed into her every interaction with her and is already on the defensive before the door is knocked every Friday night. And I believe that Rory unconsciously learned from her mom that if your mother criticizes you, she is attacking you. And Rory takes this attitude to extremes, giving her mom the silent treatment for days, yelling at her, going as far to run away to her grandparents’ house in the first season.
If I remember right (and I really hope I do because I don’t want to yell at my screen so often) Rory does go up and learn what it really means to respect her mother. Everyone has problems and needs to grow up in the teenage years and I for one am very excited to see how the characters have grown when the reunion episodes air in November.
To Be Continued...
I have been trying all night to get a solid piece together, but tumblr keeps refreshing itself, deleting my draft, and giving me a headache in general.
I’ll see y’all tomorrow, when I can handle this better. Good night.
