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SIX gallagher girls books PLUS prequels AND novellas and bex baxter and liz sutton don’t kiss once

not sure if I’m willing to invoke Murphy’s law but I need a gallagher girls fandom yesterday actually

i recently reread the entire series Again and was curious and wow its like 3 resilient soldiers around these parts Goddamn

People claiming cutgate isn't possible are wild to me, because this absolutely could and does happen. The final cut probably went up to some studio exec who wasn't involved in the process until the end to give final say, and he threw a tantrum and demanded they go back to the editing room to gut the show. This kind of thing happens in corporate America ALL THE TIME. I've seen it with my own eyes. And let's not forget Netflix is a product of Silicon Valley first and Hollywood second. The fact that vol 1 was finalised in the summer and vol 2 didn't complete edits until several days before the drop is telling. It's entirely possible the writers and editors scrambled for months to act on instructions to rip the heart out of the show and patch it back up in a way that passed muster. They obviously failed. We all saw how incongruous and off vol 2 was. But plenty of the GA didn't. They thought it was maybe a little lacklustre but enjoyed enough of it to watch benignly and move on to their next mindless watch. At the end of the day, I'd much rather believe homophobia at the c-suite level destroyed this show than the writers room was mysteriously lobotomised or maliciously retconned us for grins. And sometimes the simplest explanation is the right one. How else do we explain any of this? I just hope it gets exposed someday and spells the downfall of netflix for good.

jonathan helping will get what he wants. robin mentoring more than one person. mike’s emotional monologue. will being an unreliable narrator when it comes to mike. noah had the most scenes with finn. robin and mike being closer in ep7. the painting will “pay off”. mil*ven still dust. “friends don’t lie”. robin saying by coming out to steve she had the courage to open up to vickie. will coming out. byler field scene vs jopper field scene. finn carrying emotional weight. mike realizing that will was talking about him. there’s a plot twist in the finale. still no direct denying of byler. will still having hope in shock joke. avalanche metaphor. will convinced himself that mike is his tammy. vickie and mike parallels. mike being the one to interrupt joyce and will. still no confirmation that mil*ven is together. mike liking the butthole surfers—a band named after an offensive term for homosexual men. mike robin and jonathan funko pops being arranged near each other. the duffers saying the show was made to be analyzed. hap-satisfied. how obvious?. the writers favorite ship being korrasami who got together in the finale. mike’s pov is still hidden. will’s feelings for mike are still a secret. mike keeps bringing up the entire party. mike and will being considered a pair this season. mike is now aware of will’s sexuality. “how did you know that vickie wanted to date?” and “after this tammy and this whole tape epiphany, is that when you and vickie started to?”. jancy’s s4 issues being brought up again giving space for the painting to show up. the finale has the most character moments and the most emotion. IT’S NOT OVER TILL IT’S OVER!!