#lynette yaps

“Bags I better not see this year” they’d hate me….. I’m planning on making some sbg pins soon!!!! I have a button maker so :3

None of the main characters are problematic at all—and while this bar is low, I’m grateful anyways. They all have issues and such, obviously; they’re teenagers going through literal hell, yet they don’t do anything unjust. The story doesn’t have any weird shock factors thrown in that make it unreadable either. It’s a good horror story and it stays at like; unlike so many American horror films that focus on the sexualization of women, this doesn’t. It’s such an underrated thing that I just love because looking at just the covers of other media makes me uncomfortable when you see how much smut goes into it. And sbg isn’t a romance, we know this, but even with itself hinted stuff and them being obviously hormonal teenagers, none of that is ever shown. Maybe I’m ‘too woke’ or the bar is too low or I see only the bad sides of things, but it’s genuinely an unproblematic story.

And Red, to my knowledge, has never done anything that would make them seem cancelled. I’ve never see any Red hate, other than people being impatient—which isn’t her fault at all. She’s an unproblematic creator, again to my knowledge, and that’s such a good thing. That’s how you know a fandom will do good, is when it’s creator is not a bad person.

I also adore how all the characters are, none, in my opinion, seem too focused. Yes, we haven’t seen much of Taylor or Logan’s story but it’s also no finished. We see Ashlyn’s story, glimpses of Aiden’s. We see what happen to Ben and how Tyler dying affected everything. And all through such great story telling. It’s not just things thrown in randomly so we know, it’s shown and spoken about through story telling or intense monologues near death. We saw Logan get bullied which sparked Ben’s story—Red didn’t just say why Ben didn’t speak automatically which gives something to the character. The pacing is great with how Red drops each of these little things. We haven’t seen much of Taylor’s side of things but I suspect we will when the time is right; what had happened before never gave a clear opening for her because it was specifically Tyler’s time to shine. And Logan, I suspect, as been pushed away for mysterious reasons. I don’t think he was intentionally ignored, he did get a big character development afterall: I think he’s going to have major lore drop and maybe connections to the phantom dimension which is why he’s been so undermined. Timing is the best story teller after all and Red is doing great.

Then we have the fears their developing and how those are being mentioned but not shoved down our throats. We seen clearly that Ashlyn is terrified of driving, of messing up, but it’s brief. We know it’s a thought of hers but more importantly, it shows that she’s willing to ignore her own fears to help others. And the group’s collective fear of abandonment. It’s not obvious but it’s THERE. It’s light but noticeable enough to give the angsty build up for the next chapter. Mostly in Tyler and Taylor but also notibly Ashlyn—she’s had several drops of speaking about being left alone, or the group not being together. She wanted to jump the train to escape and why was that? Her first thought was that if they don’t, they’d be split up again. Her family followed after, yes, but firstly was her worried about being split up. Their codependency is so so well written omg.

Then the fact that the boys of the group aren’t weirdos?? They let the girls on the train first and off the train first, they give the, the beds, they show genuine worry and you don’t really see much blooming feelings outside of Aiden—but even then, he could just be bad at feelings which is what I think most are wishing for—so it’s not always there. Again, such a low bar, but the boys being concerned and having a good friendship with the girls is seriously so important. It’s something I would love to see in media more, instead of friends to lovers happening in the span of a single season.

I survived my first day of school ‼️‼️ Today wasn’t the best because The schedule was ridiculous. So basically we have an advisory period which is basically a free period,, for third period,,, and we have a HOMEROOM the first day of each semester. But instead of staying in my homeroom for just introductions and stuff (because the freshmen have to do it, all years do) and then going to our regular periods for shorter times to get used to them WE WERE IN OUR HOMEROOM THE WHOLE FRICKINF DAY. I have NO IDEA where my class are or what my teachers are like ⁉️ ridiculous.

For first period I have Algebra 2… so not a great start but we’ll see what the teacher and class is like! Next period I have art, which I adore, but we got a new teacher so we’ll see how that goes 🧐🧐 it’s also called ‘art 2 draw’ so whatever that means??? Then my advisory period which is only 30 minutes but it gives me time to cram homework i didn’t do so yayyyyayy!! Then it’s culinary arts so I’ll be learning to cook which is fun :3

Then my college level English class which I hope I enjoy because I. Like English! Then asl (American sign language) 3!! This is what I’m going to college for, I’ll be a asl major,,, which made me really excited when I saw Ben using Asl!!! Then physics 2..? I think, it’s all abbreviated and cut off so. It says anat/physn2 dual credit so it’s a college class but I forgot for what. 😔 after is health which’llll be eassyyyy! And finally I have History! It’s also a college level class! And next semester health will become a class (I forgot that name) that teaches about how families can raise a person and make them act a certain way idk. Will update when I uncover ‼️‼️

But my school is so funny. A teacher was explaining our phone rule and how to stay off of it and such and I look to my left and this girl is just. Cutting her hair, no care in the world. Said teacher also owns two snakes… and has several boxes of skinned cats that we’ll dissect later in the year (I will not be doing.)

So real advice in being whimsical:

Stop caring what others think and dress however you want

Take time to enjoy life instead of watching it pass you by

That’s it. That’s all there is, the rest is all up to you.