Son of Rage and Romance

Let July be July, and August be August

🧋 - passionfruit boba

🎧 - sunfair sundown by Courtney Barnett

kate elizabeth russell literally writes in the acknowledgments that this book was written for the Dolores and Vanessas of the world who have been through similar situations. speaking for myself, i have been through some weird/unhealthy/traumatic experiences, and this is how i choose to cope. by reblogging and writing my own posts about things that are similar to what i’ve been through. when i first read mdv, i had never felt seen or understood. my friends just remember my ‘teacher crush’ or ‘lolita’ phase when i was sixteen as a bad time for them, a time where i was unwell, whereas i am still trying to work through the consequences of that stage of my life. i connected with vanessa wye on such an intense level because we are so similar, that’s why her and dolores haze are my comfort characters. because they remind me of who i am and who i’ve been.

“Still, they [mike and billie] were two of the most ambitious stoners who ever inhaled.”

I have an unhealthy obsession with this specific photo

a scene where rick and morty have an emotional hug that they don't push away or tense up from. like really emotional, like desperate clinging to each other like they're each the only thing keeping the other from literally falling apart

I wish we saw more of Rick's therapy appointments on screen, but the brilliance of the writing is that his behavioral changes help you infer what they talk about. He's definitely processing his old trauma--he tells Summer that she reminds him of Diane and chooses Morty over a fantasy version of the past.

Family relationships come up, too. He's more overtly worried about Morty's safety, keeps him out of the riskier adventures, has a new "touch my grandson and die" policy that scares alien mobsters, shows Summer affection and becomes more of a father/grandfather instead of a drunken maniac.

He's still Rick--rude, crabby, drunk, depressed, haunted--but he's starting to grow up and treat people like human beings. Dr. Wong isn't always the best therapist, but she's the best therapist for him.