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ship dynamic that im weak for: middle-aged people who are Weird About Each Other

i confess i let illusions fester in my brain

I’m still reeling they had Ríos suffer assault and deportation within five seconds of entering the century and still had him go, “Yes, THIS is the best place for me! They don’t make hot single moms like these in the 24th century, I tell you. I always wanted to see nuclear warfare up close.”

does the ending recontexualise the beginning, that’s the question.

That post that's like "stop writing characters who talk like they're trying to get a good grade in therapy" really blew the door wide open for me about how common it's become for a character's emotional intelligence to not be taken into consideration when writing conflict. I remember the first time I went to therapy I had such a hard time even identifying what I was feeling, let alone had the language to explain it to someone else. Of course there are plenty of people who've never been to therapy a day in their life who are in tune to their emotions. But even they would have some trouble expressing themselves sometimes. You have to take into account there are plenty of people who are uncomfortable expressing themselves and people who think they're not allowed to feel certain ways. It also makes for more interesting conflict to have characters with different levels of understanding.

sometimes you all rave about shows and i look at the cast and it’s like 12 men and my brain just immediately checks out……… sorry but i can’t do it anymore i don’t care how beautifully written it is i will watch literally any dumb shitty show about shitty women before i watch this

I am right about things you have never even heard of.

They should invent lesbian representation for lesbians