in the soap hellhole

so pleased that I got the bi flag/heart on my first like of a Pride Month post, lol.

the fact that Sam hit Rob over the back of the head with a metal shovel as if that's a safe way to knock someone out (as if there is a safe way) is insane in itself, but it's extra crazy when you remember that's how Rob ended up in prison for six years. sure, Lee'd had the fight with his brother and they didn't know that it was just the hit from Rob that caused it and yadda yadda, but still, he was alive and well until the hit from Rob. I stg there's gotta be so many people out there who's been seriously hurt because tv makes people think that being hit over the head to the point of unconsciousness isn't dangerous.

allow me some uncharacteristic pearl-clutching; I'm very much not a fan of two queer guys mocking two other guys for dancing, mostly due to the "who's wearing the dress?" comment. ofc Robron very much complies with male gender roles and queer people aren't free of prejudices about gender roles either way, but it just... idk. can we save comments like that for straight characters? if it was just them being amused by the unexpected sight of a macho guy like Ross teaching another guy to dance, to such a cheesy song as well, I wouldn't mind. but comments about who's wearing the dress/pants or who's the man/woman in a gay relationship are such a basic and tiresome part of prejudice against queer couples, that it just could not be less funny.

I can't with how fucking dumb soaps are sometimes. so you're telling me all this time Kammy has been homeless? i.e. during the months him and Belle have dated, counting the last time as well, she has never been at his place and somehow that's not part of the weird behaviours she's mentioned? just the stuff with his family? ugh. it's also way weirder than they're playing it, like imagine dating someone for months without ever seeing their place or even overhearing them talking on the phone with a family member yet not having any explanation for it, and add to that what Belle went through with an untrustworthy guy the last time, and the fact that she isn't running for the hills becomes completely unbelieveable.

when did Robron last have a flirty/coupley moment? I don't even remember when their last kiss was. ._.

on one hand I'm really rooting for Daniel and BB to get together and for Daniel to wake tf up - he's clearly a good person at heart but very misguided - but at the same time if he realizes he's on the wrong side and turns against Fisk, he's fucked. considering how brutal this show has been (Froggy qq) I don't doubt he'd be killed, so there seems to be no good option for his character at this point. I don't see him fully joining the dark side either way, if so I've certainly misread his character.

beware that a scam is going around on Tumblr where someone contacts you (can be an account you know if they've been hacked), says that they accidentally reported you when meaning to report someone else, and that you have to contact a Tumblr support person through WhatsApp or Discord to resolve the issue. it looks legit with screenshots etc., but the goal is to steal your account and get you to pay money to "resolve the issue." it just happened to me and because the message came from an account I've followed for a long time, I initially thought it was legit before googling to double-check.

I find it ridiculous how Ste, who's dated people like James and Harry, hardly the most macho guys around, is suddenly talking about how manly and "straight" Rex is, every five minutes so as to make Rex's anxiety about his secret worse. a secret like Rex's would make anyone nervous even if their partner wasn't going on like Ste is atm. even when Ste was with Brendan, by far the most manly guy he's been with, I don't recall him ever talking about that specifically. it just feels so forced. also, as if any masc guy, gay or not, would need their partner to go on like that to be anxious about secretly being a crossdresser, like gender roles and ideas about masculinity isn't going to have that covered? I think they end up focusing on the wrong thing when it's so much about "oh no what will Ste think, who's clearly only into me because I'm straight-presenting." I'm also rolling my eyes hard af at the fact that Rex, supposedly super scared about his secret coming out, didn't bring his drag outfit and change at the club and then change back as they went home, instead he apparently walked out to a cab in that outfit? and then stod openly in the spot where Ro got off, clearly not concerned about being seen?? fuck logic because they cba thinking of another way for Ste to find out, apparently. sigh.

I can't process the idea of them going back to Emmerdale the (gay) farm soap, with Robron actually living at the farm... farming. I find all the farm stuff so boring. I hope it's temporary. all else aside I love Aaron's apartment and Cain and Moira belong in that house. qq

Ross: "whiskey on the rocks, with ice!" and when he lets himself into Home Farm without knocking and Graham goes "excuse me?" "why, what did you do?" what did we do without him.