#just one

[fatfaefemme]

i gotta make a gif

[maestroinheaven]

I would kill for my brain to stop thinking of new fic plots because the idea “La Squadra or Buccigang picnic date” is living rent free in my head rn

[tench]

Why am I cursed with always wanting to have a deep emotional connection and soul bond with people least interested in it. It's stupid and it hurts and I'm having these big and existential emotions on top of years-long survival mode because life just keeps crumbling away and I'm not getting younger or healthier

[bloodredpeach]

When they said shoot for the stars, they didn’t mean literally you illiterate Viking…

[glconnoisseur]

A mini rant about Chasing Love The Series

I hate to say it but Chasing Love is falling into the same trap as Girl Rules. Its an "ensemble" show with one main couple and two side couples. The main couple gets 90 percent of the screen time, the secondary couple gets 8 percent and the final couple gets the scraps.

This hierarchy of couples could work if the writers knew how to give the lesser couples meaningful screentime but they cant seem to find that balance. Ple and Ploy are cute but we get two scenes of them per episode if we're lucky. Song had to tell Ploy Ple's tragic backstory because they writers couldn't be bothered to give them that bonding moment and Ploy was able to heal all of Ple's abandonment issues and avoidant tendencies with one conversation. They're girlfriends and we have yet to see a date. Most of Ploy's screentime is dedicated to her helping SongPiang even though Piang has never helped Ploy and only seems to call her when she needs something.

The writers want us to believe they're friends- and I would love to see that- but it's hard to sell when Piang treats Mon like a friend/confidant and Ploy like an errand girl. Mudmee and Kwanrin's arc annoys me the most. I watched Denied Love and read the novel so I have some insight into Rin's character, but if I was a casual watcher ignorant of the extended universe this story exists in, I would have no opinion of Kwanrin. She has no character. All she does is listen to Mudmee complain about her sister. We know nothing about her life or what draws her to Mudmee - and vice versa- because the writers are too busy looping everything back to SongPiang. So when the other couples get together it feels hollow.

They had decent set up that was thrown away to speed run relationships so SongPiang could have more screentime. I like SongPiang because I'm accustomed to dumb couples that have the same arguement 10x before they get together but if I were a casual viewer watching for another couple I would be pissed.

I do think they could do a great ensemble show by having couple centered episodes. Say 3 couples, 12 episodes, each couple gets 4 episodes dedicated to their arc. When they appear in the other episodes they lay groundwork for issues that will be expanded on in their episode, interact with the rest of the characters and help them with their arcs. The episodes should alternate, Ep 1 would be for couple 1, Ep 2 for couple 2, Ep three for couple 3 and Ep 4 would go back to couple 1. Or they could focus an episode on a character so we work through their problems and get development for their couple. If the writers are really good, they can even tie all of their stories together in a satisfying way.

[sorreltail]

I keep seeing bits from the darktails judgement preview and I wish I could enjoy it in the way others seem to be but I can't do it with the hamfisted writing. it's ok it's a book for kids I just don't think it's very good

spoilers below

"If you break that promise I'll teach Darkkit to hate you and to hate all the clans!" show don't tell. this isn't a super edition is it.just a novella. Hold on.

Ok. Never mind. I was about to give it some grace because the novellas tend to just be loredumps and they don't have much room to fit a lot of exposition and context. but google is calling this a Superlong Novel so I'm going to need it to take a little more care in setting this up. man why do I care I'm not gonna be reading it

[antiyourwokehomophobia2]

Hate this timeline