“ That’s betrayal. David knows it’s a huge betrayal. There’s no other way to explain how much a grown man must have failed as a person if such a warrior of a boy could believe that his coach would be less proud of him if he were gay.

his youtuber dad

gen z anthropology ft. thomas bordeleau

feuding with a baby: is that cool?

eldest daughter syndrome

alex holtz (the ultimate mind cow)

six degrees of mika zibanejad

local man trying to chew the red string of fate apart with his teeth

Think about it. In real life, the person that's bottling up all their emotions is not the one that's brooding in the corner and snaps at you for trying to befriend them. More often than not, it's that friendly person in your circle who makes easy conversation with you, laughs with you, and listens and gives advice whenever you're upset. But you never see them upset, in fact they seem to have endless patience for you and everything around them—and so you call them their friend, you trust them. And only after months of telling them all your secrets do you realize…

there is only one way this can go.

stories where the characters might know how it all ends and beg the audience to change it, knowing they can't. stories where the characters are unaware, but given the people they are and the situations they're in- well, what else are they supposed to do?

stories that are loops. that start with everyone dying and getting back up again to do it one more time.

because this time, maybe, it will be different.

Me, in the most whiny, overdramatic, aggrieved, sincerely put-upon voice you can imagine: *sighs dramatically* fiiinneee

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Can y’all really believe Benji, at 17 fucking years old, had the moral fiber, backbone, and courage to completely and entirely cut his best friend and boy he was in love with out of his life because he knew Kevin raped a girl.

Like, I know it shouldn’t be that astounding and admirable because it’s pretty much a basic human decency thing, and the fact that it is so admirable and courageous says a lot about society and is super sad. But all the same, the entire fucking town turned against Maya. They all believed Kevin on instinct, without question. And even the people who suspected Kevin wasn’t innocent, like Kevin’s mom, Ann Katrine, and Hog, were unwilling to publicly align themselves as being against Kevin.

The entire goddamn town sided with Kevin.

Yet Benji, Kevin’s best friend since they were 7 years old, a boy who was in love with Kevin, had not a single second of moral debating or hesitation. He didn’t even for a second have or even entertain the desire to defend Kevin or deny what he’d done. He didn’t care about what he personally would lose, or what refusing to defend Kevin would mean for the team or the town at large. He loved Kevin, and still cared about him. But he knew what Kevin did, and he knew it was unforgivable. And he decided immediately, without hesitation, that he would never support or defend someone who treated women like that, even if it was someone he loved, even if it was someone he trusted and cared about more than anyone else, even if it was his best friend in the entire world. It didn’t matter that he loved Kevin. Benji was willing, in an instant, to end that lifelong friendship with the person he loved and trusted most. Because he knew that Kevin had raped a girl and he could never forgive that forget that. Because he has a heart full of compassion, kindness, and empathy. Because he has an unshakeable and innate sense of morality and justice. Because he knew what was right and what was wrong. At 17 years old.