#candi-rose

[doyelikehaggis]

i’d make that ‘daily tdg rambles’ joke again but i’ve sent like 3 asks since that one so it’s not really daily huh

anyway god i fucking hate the dumblebys. like that whole season plotline is bloody stupid. it’s no surprise they didn’t really do a continuing season-long plotline again (unless you count mike and fiona? but i don’t)

currently watching the episode where chloe and candi-rose first meet and i have so many thoughts. candi-rose is so small like it’s not that long before the current season but she’s tiny w h a t

also the amount of queer energy when chloe first sees her. literally “her. i want to be her.” not straight vibes right there

and ryan’s so worried when chloe disappears?? like they weren’t even getting along but of course he’s still gonna be so damn scared for her and he gets so defensive when he gets blamed for losing her??? you can tell he’s blaming himself again and it’s so sad help

everyone in this show has such queer energy, even going back to tbr, liam’s so clearly (or should i say queerly) jealous of lizanne and frank. and don’t even get me started on johnny. it’s no wonder him and ryan got along. and s a s h a. that bitch is fruity as all hell

damn i mentioned lizanne and now i’m thinking about kitty again. she could’ve been a really interesting character if they hadn’t just removed her from the show when dennis got fired. especially since he literally says she needs specialist help but that they can’t afford it and then we don’t even get to see that play out? i assume mike gina and tracy managed to scrape enough together to help her but we could’ve done with a few more episodes with her, especially since her and rick seemed to be so close and then he never mentions her after that

you better be prepared for when i get back around to the s6 finale because the ryan angst. also t r a c y

lmao wait i forgot that even ryan ships jyler

wow this has been very disjointed i apologise

More like hourly askdhksaj

I'm with you on hating the whole dumbleby plotline (we're calling them that, just go with it, they suck). I rarely rewatch that season for that reason.

FATE MATES. IS FATE MATES SOMETHING A STRAIGHT PERSON CALLS THEIR BEST FRIEND? I THINK NOT. The queer energy in Chloe and Candi-Rose's first episode is off the charts. I remember that scene and I remember dying over it because I genuinely thought, "Oh, okay, so Chloe fancies this girl HARD" the moment she saw her.

I honestly kinda hate the way Ryan's treated in that episode, because he was genuinely terrified that something had happened to her when he couldn't find her, and he was blaming himself, and then Chloe was angry with him, and it kinda felt like he Was being blamed?? He was worried, the poor boy looked like he was going to start crying!

You can't just bring up Liam's queer vibes, that's a whole other seven paragraph post! But you are right, he was so jealous of Lizanne and Frank. Honestly, I also feel he and Toby had this really close bond in the earlier episode of Tracy Beaker Returns, and I can just imagine one or both of them having a crush on the other. And I will absolutely get you started on Johnny because I have never believed that boy is straight. It really is the same as my reasoning for Ryan, like, the way they lash out because of their own insecurities and deep-rooted self-loathing -- there's such a queer kid experience going on with those two, it's no wonder a ton of kids (specifically, queer kids) relate to them specifically! Oh, and yeah, there's no doubt about Sasha. I'm waiting for those unrequited feelings for Jody to finally come out.

I really wish they had given more Kitty screen time!! She was the second mostly non-verbal character we've had (Millie in TSOTB being the first), and her aversion to touch to a point where she hurt Tracy was such an interesting thing! I like your idea that Mike, Gina, and Tracy got the money to get her a specialist. Like you said, I just wish we'd seen it (and more of her and Rick, because the way he tried to defend and protect her melted my heart).

I am already preparing to relive the s6 finale angst with you, don't worry!

And yeah, Ryan is a Jyer shipper lmao.

[starr-ghost]

jody: how are you not melting. you’re wearing like 6 layers and it’s summer

candi-rose: what is the fleeting passing of the seasons next to the totality of fashion

jody: ok socrates go die of heatstroke

[felicitykings]

Bird & Candi-Rose in 8.06 Love Hearts and Roses

[doyelikehaggis]

could i be sending this on instagram? yes. am i sending it on here anyway for fun? also yes

currently on the season 5 finale and wow i forgot how much i hate the dumblebys. i’ve never wanted to murder a fictional character more. it’s bloody annoying that that shit goes on in real life too. fuck capitalism

tee implying candi-rose reminds her of carmen? iconic. those two deserved more screen time together… actually i really hope that the finale of this show, whenever it eventually ends, features every kid who ever lived in the dg since at least the start of tbr, plus mike, tracy, cam… everyone. if the finale is just 2 full hours of everyone swapping stories and reminiscing i will be happy

ok but actually i’m very upset about mission totally possible, i’d missed it in previous rewatches so my dumb ass watched that mindfuck of an episode for the first time ever at 2am and i think i lost braincells from it

honestly most of the latter half of s5 is very disorienting and oddly done. did anything between the wardrobe and where you belong even happen. i mean i know most of it did because charlie moved in but the tone is so odd and wrong. i’m very confused

i forget how much i love adult elektra, in both s5 and s8 she is i c o n i c. she really just said fuck the system huh. and got frank involved? beautiful.

the amount of scheming occurring this episode is absolutely astounding. i’m amazed liam isn’t involved

ryan being protective over all the younger kids is my new religion thank you and goodbye. you can just tell he would’ve been such a good brother to chloe if things had gone differently

floss may be a capitalist but apparently she’s also a feminist, honestly i can’t wait to see what she does when she leaves the dg (that’ll only be in a few years?? mad. she joined this show when she was six)

alex really thought he can steal roman relics from a museum alone, with about an hour of planning and wearing distinct clothes? fool. he could never get away with a heist as clean as the money one, im amazed anyone fell for dumbleby’s lie

wait hold on. why can’t they just move from house to house like they did from elm tree to ashdene?? that seems like b i g plot hole

oh god oh fuck i’m on season 6 oh no

I'm happy you're still sending your rambles on here because it means we get to force other people to see TDG content.

The dumbleby's really are some of the worst characters in TDG. Not badly written, but written well enough to make us despise them. And yeah, it really does suck that this is just real life, like, people fully will not care about disrupting these kids lives and giving them further trauma just to make some money.

I was so happy that Tee implied Candi-Rose reminds her of Carmen because they really are quite similar! You are galaxy-brained, that is exactly the finale we need. I don't even want a plot. I want raw emotion of all of these characters reminiscing and giving the actors a chance to show their love for each other and the show through their characters. I want to see characters that just missed each other finally interact. The older ones from the very start marvelling over how big the little ones who were there at their time now are, and how they've taken over their roles to the younger ones. I even want, if possible, a few cameos from TSOTB characters, specifically Crash, Jackie, Justine, and most unlikely, Ben. The finale better at least be more than a half hour, because I will never be satisfied with that.

I will give you that, mission totally impossible was... weird. I mean, it's one of my favourite episodes because it's mostly Jody centric, and has Jody/Tyler AND Ryan/Tyler content, so I really can't complain about that. But the actual plot was.... something else.

On that note, I really do not like most of season 5. Like you said, it's disorienting, all of the episodes feel like fillers but not in a good way - especially the wardrobe episode, I hate that one specifically with a passion because it's just so weird and feels completely wrong from the tone of the rest of the show. Season 5 was not one of their better seasons. Glad they've moved away from whatever they were trying to do there.

Adult Elektra! Iconic really is the only word to describe her. She's the same but more mature, with a better sense of what she wants and what she's doing, and a bit more responsibility, and I really love that look on her. And yes, her getting Frank involved was the cherry on top; she really can't stop roping him into her schemes, just like her first episode. I desperately wanted Liam to be involved in those episodes because he would have been a very useful and welcome addition to the scheme team, and he was still living with Frank, as far as I'm aware? We deserved adult Elektra/Frank/Liam team up. We need the scheme team back together!!

Ryan is my villain origin story and it's only strengthened when he interacts with the younger ones. That boy would have been the best big brother.

Floss being a feminist does make sense to me. And I love that for her! It's about the only thing I do love for her lmoafkajsksjhd but yeah, I actually kinda do wanna know what she plans to do when she leaves the dg, because we haven't heard much about that? She had an interest in dance and acting and some other things, and she's been quite determined recently to do whatever she can to make money, so I definitely see her being an entrepreneur of some sort. Either that or the scariest business woman alive.

Look, Alex is trying his best, okay? That boy has about two brain cells. And that's being generous. But I love his effort, at least. No thought and no plan, but A+ for effort.

Honestly, that is a big plot hole. The change in building from Elm Tree to Ashdene Ridge in general is a bit of a plot hole because they never actually discuss it within the show? Obviously at the wedding, Tracy says she knew the old one better, which at least kind of acknowledges that it's definitely not the same house, but it's so weird that they never even tried to explain within the show why they had to move and change the name. So, the fact that they made a big deal of possibly having to move building this time was definitely odd. Like... we KNOW they've already done it. They COULD do it again, potentially, if they had the money or whatever they need. I think the plot was just for the Drama and the Angst of nearly being separated, which I can appreciate, at least.

Oh no. Good luck to you, season 6 will destroy you again. It always kills me. That's why it's one of my favourites.

[doyelikehaggis]

for context, i’m welsh

You are absolutely correct. (I was very confused for a second when all I saw in my notifications was “for context, I’m welsh” shxhhshs)

[faveisaneosbian]

Candi-Rose from the Dumping Ground is a neopronoun lesbian! (Request)