From Reddit / Manchild by Sabrina Carpenter / labour by Paris Paloma / Olivia Rodrigo promotional image / Goodbye by Marina / I'm Not Your Mother, I'm Not Your Bitch by Courtney Barnett / Scene from Challengers / Ain't Your Mama by Jennifer Lopez / Arms by Blondshell / L8r Boi by Ashnikko / Scene from Gone Girl / No More Suckers by Marina / GIVEN ENOUGH by Nessa Barrett
Good Luck, Babe! by Chappell Roan / Not A Love Song by Pale Waves / Lead Me On by FLETCHER / Secret by Peach PRC / It Wasn't Love by Blondshell / Cosmic Superstar Girl by Maude Latour / Curious by Hayley Kiyoko / Not A Love Song by Pale Waves / One That Got Away by MUNA / Good Luck, Babe! by Chappell Roan
25 Years Of Gilmore Girls: Favourite Lead Character x Colours
Playlist: She Used To Be Mine by Sara Bareilles, Nothing New by Taylor Swift & Phoebe Bridgers, Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift, Glum by Hayley Williams, Clueless by Beach Bunny, The Manuscript by Taylor Swift, Pages by Nina Nesbitt, Mother Wound by Jensen McRae, this is me trying by Taylor Swift, Block Me Out by Gracie Abrams, Model Rockets by Blondshell, Event of a Fire by Blondshell
Screencaps: capgilmore on X, vickywatchestv on X, thinkingrory on X, Gilmore Girls Wiki
Other sources: gifted kid article, gifted kid burn out quote by Ritika Jyala, Lemony Snicket quote
Old Fashioned by Maisie Peters x Suburban Legends by Taylor Swift // vampire by Olivia Rodrigo // David by Lorde // loml by Taylor Swift // Savannah by Jensen McRae
There are dreams when you're sleeping and dreams to accomplish when you're awake. So much of their discography is centered around the tragic loss of a young sibling. Our narrator clings to her in dreams while they drown in grief. Did that loss ruin any chance of pursuing dreams of a successful music career? Does pursuing those types of dreams mean they'll forget her or betray her? Which dreams do you keep alive when you can't have both? But over time dreams of a successful career are replaced by love and dreams of building a life with someone else. And sometimes you meet a person who sees through you and knows you need to hear the reality - that there's nothing wrong with moving on. It's not a betrayal to no longer drown in grief. And while the grief will always be there, hearing that and feeling that belief from someone else can lift the crushing weight of it all.
Collen by Joanna Newsom / Lauren Michelle in Ten-Cent Daisy: A Lost Mermaid Tale (2021) / Alex Consari photographed for W Magazine China (2024) / Ju Jingyi for L'Officiel China (2025)
Eline Powell in Siren (2018-2020) / Quote by April Mae Monterrosa
What the Water Gave Me by Florence + the Machine / Margaret Laurena Kemp in Ten-Cent Daisy: A Lost Mermaid Tale (2021)
Lady Gaga in You and I
Under the Water by AURORA / What the Water Gave Me by Florence + the Machine / Florence Welch promotional video for Mermaids
Water Witch by The Secret Sisters / Kristen McMenamy photographed by Tim Walker for W Magazine (2013)
Atlantis by Bridgit Mendler
Illustration by H.J. Ford
Mermaids by Florence + the Machine / Mika Lesha in Casual by Chappell Roan
The Odyssey by Homer / John Yuyi photographed by Zhong Lin for Vogue Singapore (2023)
Wild Sea by Phildel / Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio by Hieronymus Cock & Diego Gutiérrez (1562)
Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse (1896)
Water Witch by The Secret Sisters
Mermaids by Florence + the Machine / Michalina Olszańska in The Lure (2015)
Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish / Sara Paxton in Aquamarine (2006)
Siren by Kailee Morgue
Mermaids by Florence + the Machine Gemma Ward in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Ju Jingyi for L'Officiel China (2025) / Over Dark Water by Mount Eerie
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) / H2O: Just Add Water (2006-2010)
Underwater by HANA
Undine by Laura Marling / Unknown actress in The Mermaid (1904)
Dita Von Teese / Illustration by Gordon Ross in Puck (1911)
Venus in the Sea by Ha Vay
Collen by Joanna Newsom / Halle Bailey in The Little Mermaid (2023)
Aquamarine by Addison Rae / Chappell Roan and Mika Lesha in Casual by Chappell Roan