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idk i haven’t been on here for a long time

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i often feel too reflective and older than my age wants me to be. why can’t i just accept and go along with the changes from media instead of thinking. and drowning in the fact how odd it is that language we once whispered is what we now say without hesitation. did the word lose its power or did we throw out its value. the things we once shied away from now drip from our tongues like oil, staining and smelly and foul but we don’t even stop to question it. i don’t know. i don’t know

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not a person in the world dislikes you with the severity of those voices in your head

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I want the dancing around the kitchen kind of love with endless bickering and bantering and sunset blushing and arms around my waist and embarrassing photos and all of that joy and fun and just the hearts that scream love love love love

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what’s MY love language? proofreading and editing your emails before you send them

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I’ve spent my entire life reading books with romance and adventure and mystery and drama and pain and loss and heartbreak and joy and love and hope. I have read so much about the first kiss first heartbreak first relationship, read so much about butterflies and your stomach flipping and heart’s fluttering and clenching and people’s chest getting tight or the feeling of becoming lighter when they are relieved or at peace. It’s all we see in visual media too - even when these sensations aren’t explicitly stated they may be referenced later or shown in a artistic way that conveys the idea. I thought I would feel these things as I got older, especially if/when I started exploring romantically. Doesn’t everyone? Isn’t it something we all get to experience eventually? But I don’t. I don’t get butterflies in my stomach (I can’t remember if I ever did). My heart doesn’t clench or flutter or glow when I hear endearing things (I can’t remember if it ever did). That’s a lie. I know it once did. I know I used to feel these things. I just can’t remember what it was like. I don’t know how to go back to feeling. It’s frustrating because in my head I know what I should be feeling or thinking but I don’t actually feel any of it. My body reacts and my brain knows how it should react/respond but I still don’t feel anything.

My entire torso feels fucking numb. I can feel my ovaries/uterus reacting to sexual touch or intentions or situations, but that’s it. My stomach moves when I’m on my period or hungry. My heart doesn’t feel like it’s there half the time and only seems to beat if I’ve done exercise or physical labor. I used to feel so much and now it’s like there’s nothing there. I don’t know what to do.

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If I see anyone complaining that Annabeth isn’t blonde 🔪

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Honestly it would be the best fucking thing if they did make her blonde, like what? You kept complaining the last Annabeth was a brunette, now you have blonde Annabeth. Unless the issues isn't really the hair, and you actually just wanted to bitch 🤔

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THIS.

Even if they don’t make her blonde, that’s fine. A character is so much more than their looks. Reducing Annabeth to her hair or skin color is honestly just an insult to her character and everything she experiences.

If you argue that characters you love and appreciate are so much more than than words on a page, then you should also recognize they are more than their physical descriptions too.

You will always have your blonde Annabeth in the text if she’s who you feel most represented by. If you want to see her that way, you can always reread the books and avoid the new adaptations.

I’m choosing to think of the Disney adaptation as a new interpretation on the story we love with the characters we’ve grown up with.

Forced diversity?? Sure, maybe, but I have no issue with it. As long as they stick to the story and the characters personalities and dynamics play out well, I couldn’t care less about what they look like.

Losing some physical details for age-appropriate casting, talented actors, and direct author involvement?? Worth it. 100% worth it.

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Someone may have already thought of this.... but is it possible that future hawkmoth is Adrien's cousin Felix? (I'm thinking back to one of the time traveling episodes with where we find out that hawkmoth still exists when they're adults but it isn't Gabriel Agreste anymore - so who replaces him?) Felix being the future miraculous holder would keep the miraculous away from Ladybug and Chat Noir while keeping it within the family... and with all the recent theories about Adrien's real mom vs his aunt... it could be possible that Gabriel gives up his mission one day and Felix takes over it? Felix could also steal the miraculous from Gabriel? Idk, but I think it's possible.

As I was writing this I also had the horrific thought that Adrien will become future hawkmoth and future Ladybug will just find someone else to become Chat Noir. That might be a bit dark for the show but who knows what they could pull at this point.

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I asked for more than 20 minutes and I am now regretting that decision

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episode 11 is a full 30 minutes????? fear

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IM FUCKING LOSING MY MIND AND LITERALLY CRYING YALL WHAT THE FUCK I CANT BELIEVE THIS SHIT I JUST HELLO?????

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episode 11 is a full 30 minutes????? fear

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I really hope that at some point the show delves more into Lu Guang's story too, because most of his background remains a mystery to us. We know how he met cheng xiaoshi not much more. Plus, the discovery of their powers? How and when did that happen? Plus, clarifying their relationship (romantic partners? business partners? dan and phil best friends/soul mates type situation? i want answers)

I really think we need a season 2 for all of these things to happen... there is no way they resolve these things AND plot in 20 minutes... anyways catch me crying next week when the last episode comes out 🤪✌

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I just watched episode 10 and... just, so many thoughts. Seeing more of Cheng Xiaoshi's backstory was so emotional and I loved learning more about him. Watching Xu Shanshan discover the masked murderer was so intense and was actually terrifying. And the last five minutes of the show were so intense too holy shit they kept flipping between past and present and I got confused but then I understood what was going on and just... wow. they were so fucking smart about it. I love my clever boys. I'm rly stressed about the fact that cheng xiaoshi is now locked in the room with the murderer, but it'll probably be fine......... you never know with this show tbh.

oh I do have one issue: There's so many things that still need to be resolved, and only one episode left. Like Emma walking on the bridge? What happened to her? She wasn't killed in the car, but somewhere else? I think she might have attacked the blonde guy and then he got paralyzed and she walked away, but then the real masked murderer got here? Idk im speculating. And how is the paralyzed man connected to the real murderer? He definitely doesn't seem to be totally innocent. Also if the masked murderer didn't kill Xu Shanshan, then where is she? Why didn't she show up to the interview? WHAT IS GOING ON???? I can see how maybe a confession from the murderer could resolve these things but... im attached to these character now and I need more than 20 minutes to finish their stories.

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no bc episode 9 almost brought me to tears cheng xiaoshi is finally understanding how his choices, while purely motivated, come with unintended and severe consequences. The pain on his face when he figure out the whole Emma thing... and lu guang rushing to find cheng xiaoshi sjfhfbfjcj... nobody talk to me

Also.... this cliff hanger is blowing my fucking MIND bc what the FUCK??????? IM SO STRESSED OUT ANYWAYS SEE YOU NEXT WEEK

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every week I watch a link click episode and every week I find myself doing the following

1. Shouting at Cheng Xiaoshi for doing stupid shit like SIR STOP IT

2. Hyperfocusing on cute moments between Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi

3. Yanking my hair out bc the cliff hanger is so dramatic and intense and amazing

There so few episodes left for everything to be resolved I'm gonna be so annoyed if it doesn't get a season 2 smh

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hi i see you are a fellow link click/shiguangdailiren fan

YES! EPISODE SEVEN! LU GUANG YOU CAN'T KEEP HIDING IT FOREVERRRRR

shit is definitely about to hit the fan (based off of what i've seen in episode 8's pv)

I just watched episode 8, and of course, the whole thing was resolved quickly and now there's a whole nother set of issues to deal with 😭 I hate that they do this but I also love it so muchhhhhhh I can't believe there's only going to be 11 episodes. I really hope they make a season 2

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ENDING OF LINK CLICK EPISODE 7 I NEED TO DISCUSS THE CRIME SCENE THE PHOTO ITS THE SAME WOMAN FROM THE V FIRST CASE WE SAW AND LU GUANG KNEW SHE DIED THEY SHOWED THAT CHENG XIAOSHI INFLUENCING THE PAST MAY HAVE PLAYED A PART IN THAY TOO AND YALL ITS COMING FULL CIRCLE I HAVE A FEELING SMTHG BAD IS GONNA HAPPEN AND OH GOD I CANT BELIEVE THEYRE DOING THIS SHIT IM GONNA SCREAM FUCKING HELL THIS SHOW OH MY GOD

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I need everyone and their mother to watch link click (shiguang dailiren) right now this anime is SO FREAKING GOOD

Each episode is so engaging and comes with so many different twists and I am always left wanting to watch more. It's very well done and I wish more people watched it. Highly HIGHLY recommend checking it out.