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@weasleyspotter replied to your post: The only good thing about having your birthday the...

Happy Birthday!!!!

Thank you, dear.

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weasleyspotter replied to your post “weasleyspotter replied to your post:weasleyspotter replied to your...”

I was discussing this with a friend and trying to explain to her that I'm tired of the uncertainty of dating. I just want a partner. Someone who'll stand beside me and support me.

yes. this exactly. someone who KNOWS me and chooses to stay. 

faleronofkingsreach replied to your post “weasleyspotter replied to your post:It’s been a fun weekend, and I’m...”

one of the better things to come out of my months long depressive clusterfuck is that i've stopped trying to deny and/or beat myself up about how much i want it

monthslong depressive clusterfucks are no good. but being honest with yourself is usually good. 

for me it’s just a balance - do I want to do all the work involved in dating? not yet. can I still be lonely and not tell myself it’s my own fault? yes. yes I can. for me it’s that I’m not ready for the extra energy and the madness and all. the. rejection. doesn’t mean I don’t wish I’d already gotten through that part. 

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weasleyspotter replied to your post:weasleyspotter replied to your post:It’s been a...

The hard thing is when I try to explain that to people, people respond by trying to make me feel better about being single. It’s a hard feeling to express, I think. Like I’m okay with where I am now, but I still yearn for something more.

oh definitely. I get a lot of “well why don’t you put yourself out there and date” etc etc. But like, that’s not what I want - that exhausting, agonizing, awkward attempt that mostly involves rejection. I want the AFTER. the part where we’re comfortable and settled and in sync. 

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@weasleyspotter replied to your post “I spent my car ride to theater today contemplating the horror that...”

my jaw just dropped because no.

RIGHT? I mean, how terrifying.

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@weasleyspotter replied to your post:@weasleyspotter replied to your post “I’m...

I think that’s my biggest problem with the whole thing, if Octavia beating up Bellamy was addressed as something wrong, it would be fine. But it’s not being portrayed that way because Bellamy “deserved it”, and because apparently the show is dark. I get that I’m supposed to see the show as dark and willing to go to dark places, but this is something else entirely.

Agreed. There’s darkness that the show doesn’t condone, that you’re supposed to be sickened by, and then there’s darkness that it just sort of shrugs its shoulders at.

That’s the kind I don’t like.

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@weasleyspotter replied to your post “I’m catching up on The 100, which is probably a terrible life...”

I'm just really not happy about the whole thing, but especially that.

I mean, good grief, this show has always been dark, but that’s another level of screwed up I thought they were wise enough to stay away from.

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weasleyspotter replied to your post “Wow. That last episode of The 100 was… next level intense. I didn’t...”

I'm definitely more on the spectrum of not being happy with what's going on and having stronger opinions about it, but I can't deny that I'm holding out hope for this show yet.

Totally respect that. I was so frustrated with the first 6 or 8 episodes, because while pieces of the show I loved were there, they made the characters feel wrong for far too long. But I do feel like, despite (because of?) the last few shocks to the system the writers are back in a place where they can write them the way they should be written. 

Again, for the people in the back, not excusing certain decisions. Lexa’s death was terribly handled. The stories about the showrunner running Ricky Whittle off the show are deeply upsetting. The mess that was the social media outreach to fans, especially of Clarke and Lexa, really pisses me off. 

But the confluence of the plotlines is fascinating to me. They’re finally reuniting the kids. And we’re moving past the political allegory of hell that we’ve been living in since Pike was elected. I have hope. 

clairebearnz replied to your post “Wow. That last episode of The 100 was… next level intense. I didn’t...”

I agree with you. I disagree with what happened to both Lexa and Lincoln (and my GOD how many people have been brutally murdered recently?), I actually waited to watch 3x09 and 3x10 because I wasn't sure how I felt about the show, but it is compelling

The death toll this season has been HIGH. No doubt. And when you total up those deaths, it’s not particularly even.  I’ve always hated the implication of the “native” grounders being somehow lesser than the “enlightened” ark. 

But I still think this is excellent scifi. I hope they learn from their mistakes and don’t get so wrapped up in being defensive that they tank the show. I learn a lot as a writer by watching this show. 

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weasleyspotter answered your question:ok, who’s got replies already? 

So I can see it in my settings, but I haven’t gotten it yet. If it’s like most updates it’ll be rolled out over the course of today, but it’s going to take sooo long.

Oh maaaaaaaaaan, I don’t have the settings yet. WHY AM I WORKING FROM HOME TODAY? I’m just going to be hitting refresh a lot.