Indi k!!

"What am I to do with you, Sinclair?"

"Cherish me."

If only she knew...

or

Enid's off to a party!!! and.. when she stops sending hourly updates and Wednesday's calls fall flat, Wednesday starts to worry. Hard. But totally because she's just worried about her friend in a completely NORMAL way.

I honestly don’t see them as a romantic thingy like Hange seems like the type to stand in the doorway like “I’m not in your room” and other stuff like that. Like take ONE LOOK at any of their interactions and tell me they don’t leave Levi’s door open on purpose CONSTANTLY. Hange is constantly irritating Levi in a way that’s like “you have to listen to me bc we’re stuck together for LIFE” kinda way that only siblings can pull off.

Their bond is one of mutual trust and respect, and though these bonds are present in romantic relationships, they show in very different ways.

Why are we involving ourselves in this conflict? for the same reasons we began our conflict in Iraq? Why are so many people going to die because of President Trump's actions, because of Israel's actions, because a nation that is not associated with the US just happens to have the same weapons we do. Why is the president, who is supposed to serve the interests of the people, risking us and ignoring us? He steals children and parents from one another, he destroys families and livelihoods, ends lives and oppresses protesters, and now he has the GALL to begin a war that his own people want no part of??? No matter what affiliation you carry, war can only mean bad, bad things.

She wanted a moment ,just one…with someone else.

No. Not just someone. She wanted Enid.

She wanted to compare her bright, sunny smile with the warm streetlights of the town below.

She wanted to witness the cool night winds play with her hair as she strolled beside her.

She wanted to see how the moon’s calm glow would be captured in her blue eyes, flecked with that wild, animalistic yellow.

Enid Sinclair had fought her way into the young Seer’s mind by tooth and nail, causing all sorts of disarray and disorder. Disrupting everything she had so carefully created. Tearing down her walls and inviting all kinds of noise into her life.

And she wanted more.

“The business is entirely a pleasure.”

“The wind plays with our hair; it plays with our words and our thoughts.”

-Paul Baumer talking about using outdoor latrines with his comrades

All jokes aside I feel that including this part so early in the book is a perfect way to transport the reader into the headspace of a soldier, we begin to understand that the soldiers have no shame because in a way the war took it from them which is a fact the book itself specifically states over and over again. We also can appreciate the Beauty in these moments alongside the characters and we can feel the peace that the characters experience thanks to Remarque’s beautiful and descriptive writing.

I think this is a perfect opening for any war movie, it shows how the war changes people. Specifically the ways that they would conventionally behave in war without making a spectacle of gorey battle.

Usually (at least in western media) adult men who still live with their mothers or even interact with their mothers more than "normal" are seen as 'mama's boys" these men are usually portrayed as overly dependent on their mothers , weak, spineless, and in some cases, romantically involved with their own parents. (EWWWWWWW)

Moms are also seen as nagging, controlling, demanding, or even a downright annoyance, something to be "put up with". Think of the classic nagging phone call, or visit from the in laws, or rivalries between spouse and mother that are prevalent in comedies. Very rarely do we actually see healthy functioning relationships between mother and son.

And in the beginning of the games, It seems like we're getting more of the same thing.

Our first introduction to the pair are when Guem-ja tells off Yong-sik, hitting him and calling him a fool for joining the games. She embarrasses Yong-sik in spite of his weak protests, playing into the overbearing mother and meek, subservient son.

But, as soon as the first round of eliminations are over, Yong-sik tells his MOTHER to get behind him, he tries his best to protect her throughout the games, as Guem-ja tries to protect him.

During the second game Guem-ja tries to leave Yong-sik, knowing he has a better chance without an old lady slowing him down. Yong-sik refuses, Instead he tells her to keep her head up and not despair. he does the same thing later in the episode. This shows another aspect of a healthy parent-adult relationship, they support each other and draw strength from that support.

In Episode, 5 when Yong-sik votes to continue the games Guem-ja tells Yong-sik how she can't lose him. Because when you become a parent, your life is no longer your own, at least not fully. You live for your child, you devote yourself to your child because that's your job.

My final thoughts are this: Yong-sik and Guem-ja care about each other because that's what a mother and son are supposed to do. and that's refreshing to see in a time where it feels like everyone is too eager to "escape" their family. (at least in media)

I'm just so happy to see a healthy relationship between the mother and adult son you guys!!!

Thorough both the war, Paul gets dirtier and dirtier, mud, blood, and ash cover his face like a mask. He becomes almost unrecognizable after each battle. The audience feels that something is wrong and so they are compelled to see him clean, we want to make things better.

But, even after that first shelling, Paul is changed. his eyes are more sunken, his skin pale, his eyebags are more pronounced. The dirt is off his face and he has fresh clothes but still. Something is still wrong.

Because the effects of war go deeper than filth on your face, the dirt is under your fingernails, tangled in your hair, melded into your clothes, it becomes apart of you. Because there is nothing that can cleanse someone from the dirt of war.

(i already posted this in the wenclair community but im posting this on my main blog too bc i wanna see it there aswell and I DO NOT KNOW HOW TUMBLR WORKS)

Ok, so I don't find ENOUGH ppl talking about how INCREDIBLY CREEPY Tyler is to Wednesday in Ep 7 and I've already ranted like a madman to ANYONE who has come within five feet about this in the past few months.

Needless to say i have a LOT of thoughts.

First off, When Tyler brigs up the topic of rescheduling their date, Wednesday is caught off guard, like VISIBLY off guard. She then brings up two VERY VALID POINTS as to why she can't go or hasn't talked with tyler about it.

Tyler then CUTS HER OFF saying AND I QUOTE "Hey, no excuses, Figure after what happened after last time, you owe me." so not only did this man just call Wednesday's reasons for not being able to go, (a HOMOCIDAL MONSTER and her FELON UNCLE) "excuses" he also believes that Wednesday OWES HIM a DATE.

if it isn't obvious (at least not to tyler) YOU DO NOT OWE ANYONE ANYTHING!!! Regardless of romantic interest or guilt or WHATEVER. people in relationships don't OWE each other their time.

Dating someone shouldn't be out of obligation, it should be done out of mutual interest and willingness to spend time together.

Basically if someone you're interested in says they cant make it to a date you don't say they OWE YOU. LOOKIN AT YOU TYLER GALPIN!

Anyway, Wednesday then tells Tyler "I cant sneak off of campus, all eyes are on me." Its important to remember that if she's caught out, she could be EXPELLED but also, when has Wednesday Addams EVER been afraid of RULE BREAKING or getting CAUGHT, she is literally harboring a FUGITIVE on school grounds currently. All I'm sayin is if she REALLY wanted to go, she would.

SOMEHOW Tyler doesn't pickup on these very OBVIOUS HINTS and presses on, telling Wednesday that he'll come to her. Again, pretty creepy because Wednesday has done everything except explicitly saying 'No" and he is STILL pushing for her to go with him.

So why didn't she just shut down tyler? Wednesday has no real trouble voicing her thoughts with little care as to what others think, so why didn't she just say no?

this could be overthinking BUT everyone has their limit, even Wednesday. Her best friend just left her after a huge fight, her only other friend has been hospitalized for reasons that Wednesday blames herself for, and Xavier just told her that there's nothing to like about her. She probably feels isolated and unwanted, Addams or not everyone needs a friend.