#unrealtv

[lindsayerins]

SHIRI APPLEBY as RACHEL GOLDBERG UNREAL — 2.05, All In

[katherinehoughtoncastle47]

1.02 - RELAPSE

[pretendfan]

(Adam Cromwell, unREAL)

(I think it’s from that show don’t quote me, but holy fork just look at him….)

[manyunboundmoments]

I am inside your walls

No like actually im stuck inside your walls, please get me out

"You might also suffocate to death or overheat."

[kristenbouchard]

EVERY EPISODE OF UnREAL

↳ 1x07: Savior (pt 2)

[itwasyouu]

[amazonworrier]

top 5 favorite characters? (from any show/movie/book)

Only FIVE?? This is cruel, and I simply cannot narrow it down to five. I refuse. 

Here are eight, with some attempt at ranking them. I feel like I’ve betrayed another twenty-thirty (at least) characters by leaving them off this list though. 

1. Cristina Yang (TV - Grey’s Anatomy)

“If You Want Crappy Things To Stop Happening To You, Then Stop Accepting Crap And Demand Something More.”

Honestly I wish I could say there was more of a competition for number one, but the bottom line is Cristina Yang will always be the first person who springs to mind whenever anyone asks me who my favourite fictional character is. She’s witty, intelligent, independent, and unapologetically ambitious, because she knows what she deserves and she’s not afraid to go for it.  I’ve always felt guilty for being intelligent because I grew up being told that being a smart girl wasn’t always a good thing, and as such have a tendency to hold back in certain situations to make others more comfortable. Cristina Yang  reminds me every day not to feel bad for taking up space. You won’t always be liked for being yourself, but the right people will LOVE you for it, so screw everyone else and go get what you want. Whatever that may be.

(Also, Sandra Oh is brilliant. End of story).

2. Santana Lopez (TV - Glee)

“The only straight I am is straight-up bitch”

I mean... you follow me on here right? This feels like an obvious one. Glee has sooooo many shortcomings, and I'm not going to pretend Santana Lopez didn’t suffer the occasional spell of character regression because the writing team didn’t always know how to stop real life from seeping into their scripts (looking at you season 6 rant). She’s a bitch, sure, but she’s also a hardcore friend and went through a journey a lot of us could relate to growing up. She’s the person I first saw myself in as a teen, and yeah maybe I ignored that for several years because it was scary and I didn’t want to think about it yet, but guess what? She got through it all, even the tough stuff, and grew into a better person because of it. Also, she was given a happy ending. I dare you to find that elsewhere for a wlw on television, because it’s truly hard to come by even today when we’ve supposedly made a heap of progress.

And let’s not pretend Naya isn’t 95% to thank for Santana Lopez. It sucks that she’s gone, but make her proud. Be yourself. Always.

3. Ellie Linton (Book/Movie - Tomorrow When the War Began)

"I can’t tell if what I did was right or wrong. I’d like to think it was to save my friends, or as part of some noble crusade to save my country. Really, it just comes down to the fact that I valued my life over theirs, doesn’t it?"

What’s that? A strong female character in a YA novel who doesn’t get stuck in a messy love triangle and whose key conflict instead revolves around the trauma she suffers after leading the charge in a literal war for the freedom of her country? You’ve gotta be kidding, right? 

I loved the TWTWB books growing up, and I still re-read them from time to time. Ellie was the hero of the story, but she was also deeply flawed and made a tonne of mistakes that the book didn’t shy away from addressing. This series, and particularly this character, are the reason I wanted to become a writer. It was the first work I can remember stumbling across that showed me a woman’s story could be about something other than the man she was in love with, and if people aren’t going to create more stories like that for me to read then I guess I’ll just have to do it myself.

4. Raven Reyes (TV - The 100)

"Nothing Like A Little Pain To Remind You You're Alive."

I hate that I’ve included a character from t100 on this list because the thought of crediting those guys for ever creating anything good after what they did from 3x07 onwards makes me angry. BUT it’s not every day you get a smart, sassy, disabled character in a post-apocalyptic world who still kicks ass and makes it through the day, and gets to be affected (but NOT defined) by her impairments. I started watching this show around the same time I began dealing with some serious (and scary) medical problems as a teen, and seeing someone like Raven on TV every week was literally the difference between life and death some days. Representation matters, even if the writers screw you over with it later on. 

(Also, s7 was a shitshow but my gal got to be the one who saved the human race at the end of the day when one lead died and the other one failed. You’re doing amazing sweetie!)

5. Rizzo (Movie/Musical - Grease)

“Some people are so touchy.”

What can I say? She’s tough, she’s darkly witty, she’s vulnerable but self-reliant, and probably responsible for shaping about 50% of my sense of humour and getting me into a hell of a lot of trouble growing up. Also, Stockard Channing’s performance of ‘There are Worse Things I Could Do’ will never fail to make me feel things, even when nothing else does. 

Honourable Mentions:

1. JJ (TV - Criminal Minds)

Look, she is on here purely for being my bi awakening, but also this scene - which sums up everything I love about her, from her strength to her compassion to her ability to just damn-well tell it like it is.

2. Quinn King (TV - Unreal)

I simply want to be her when I grow up. For better or worse. Watch this show if you haven’t already. 

3. Sophia Petrillo (TV - The Golden Girls)

The woman is responsible for the other 50% of my sense of humour. I have no regrets.

[disisphlebotinum]

I love when a wild Zach McGowan just starts appearing in one of my shows.