#skylessnights

I'm not too sure if you watch The Bear but if you do, thoughts on SydCarmy 💖

i 110% watch the bear AND i fucking LOVE sydcarmy

which is why it's WILD to me that there's so much hate about it?? i don't see it as much on tumblr, but whenever the bear comes up on twitter it is just constantly people talking about how they want sydcarmy to stay platonic, how there's, like, apparently an overabundance of romantic relationships in tv that we couldn't POSSIBLY need this one. as though they don't have insane chemistry, as though the thought of syd doesn't literally calm carmy down, as though they don't have their own language...like. those two are IT and i cannot wait to see what comes next!!

I just saw you reblog the news about Jon returning as The Punisher in the new Daredevil series. I know how much of a Kastle fan you are (so am I) so I thought I’d send you this as well…because I’m heartbroken right now 💔🫠

thank you for sending this, i've seen it :/

of course that i’m always ready and hot for some new kastle content and it feels bitter to be so close to it, yet so far 😩 but tbh i didn’t really expect Karen to come back. (or at least i didn't really put enough mental energy into thinking about the reboot lol).

i'm not the first to say this, but it does kinda offend me that they would first bring back Frank as opposed to Karen or Foggy?? as much as i love the punisher and wanted him back, Foggy and Karen are the OG’s in the universe and Matt without them is gonna be a pill. like bringing back Matt without Foggy to humanize him and Karen to cut him down a bit is definitely a choice 😬

Aww thank you so much, my friend! 🥰

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hello! <3

thank you for sharing!! i don't keep up with panels or cast stuff at all anymore so i prob would have never seen this otherwise.

i've seen a few people make the same point kit makes, and i think what frustrates me is that the problem with show!wesper isn't necessarily a lack of realism or age-appropriateness (i don't actually know who is arguing that) but the error in the heart of the adaptation. because yes, sure, with older characters certain behaviour will change, so the new dynamics makes Sense (although i would like to say adding more sex is quite literally just the least challenging way of portraying an aged-up character, it is absolutely not a requisite for maturity or realism lol) — but why should it have to?? why adapt a series with the crows as half-fledged, aged-up backdrop characters (who later overshadow the supposed central plot in repeated bouts of cheap fan service) instead of one where they keep their original ages? in the duology, the crows being teenagers is literally crucial to the theme of the story. everything is 10x more impactful and devastating because of how young they are. those ages have purpose. changing them has more consequences than just changing wesper, but i'll never shut up if i start talking about them and i briefly mentioned a few qualms in The Essay, so...

obviously i don't expect kit to say/believe that the show is splintered at its core and tear apart the whole thing but yk 😭

yes, based on the changes, there's nothing illogical about a fast-paced wesper, but also — "if we're a slow burn, everyone's a slow burn" — GOOD?!!!! i have never ever met anyone who doesn't like a slow burn. it's not like slow burns pigeonhole their ships into repetitive tropes; they're universal and can be done a thousand different ways. show!wesper, however 'logical' their development may be as adults (and i'd argue the rush, the forgotten one night stand, the appalling lack of wylan as an individual and the half-hazard attempt at jesper's arc leaves Much to be desired) lacks the deliberately paced mutual longing, (mis)understanding, acceptance, trust, and love that makes book!wesper so great.

i've already talked about my discomfort with show!wesper as the only built and established lgbtq+ rep considering fivan vanished this season and if you blinked you could have missed tamadia entirely, but i will reiterate again that i think that's where A LOT of people's discomfort stems from as well. i think some people arguing in favour of show!wesper might be missing that aspect because it's a very individual, personal gripe. i won't pretend six of crows didn't lean into the bi promiscuity stereotype occasionally, but i've always loved nina and jesper and honestly never felt misrepresented or offended reading either of them. they were both capable, full characters with plenty of other attributes, virtues and vices like all the other characters. on the other hand, a fast paced lazily aged wesper, the liberal handling of jesper as comedic relief with an established pattern for sleeping around (including during important missions), the lack of mention for nina's sexuality OR explicit recognition of jesper's for that matter, all rubbed me the wrong way. personally. and that's not to mention wylan's disability being used as a prop for wesper angst, making me get angry all over again about the way kaz's disability was handled and inej's trauma and and and...

I read your meta for 6x14 and you wrote something that hit me: "...healing isn’t linear. He was advancing with some things, but in 614, faced with his aunt’s ambush, he feels cornered back into a place he’s been in before, a place that left its scars on him, and Eddie regresses. Which is okay!"

I don't know why but I felt like I needed to see that today. Personally, I just keep falling back into old habits of wanting to be liked by everyone and I tend to just agree with everything and do things so that I can be in their good graces. And not because I'm scared of them but because I really enjoy their friendship and just want to keep the joy that we have.

It was a lot worse when I was younger and in school (which was a whole different ball park) but sometimes I don't realise that I'm falling back into that pattern of being a 'yes-man'.

But seeing what you wrote about regressing and that healing isn't linear, it just hit me and I felt like I needed to see that 💜.

Sorry for hitting you with something personal alongside your buddie meta but I just wanted to say thank you for writing that :)

Sky, my love! *HUGS* Thank you so much for this ask. Beyond the fact that I am always thrilled to hear from you, it just also makes me so happy to know that my 614 meta had a personal meaning for you. i am SO grateful to you for sharing with me!

If it helps, this is true for ALL of us, we all experience these little setbacks from time to time. What's good is that you're aware of yours, so you can make conscious decisions about them. You can look at these moments and choose to believe in how lovable you are (BECAUSE YOU ARE) and that people will continue to treasure your friendship even when you're not their 'yes-man' and that you have every right to be yourself and express your views. They're no lesser than anyone else's! But at the same time, keep in mind that many of us in relationships do this to a degree. Decide that a certain opinion is not worth a discussion, so there's no need to vocalize it at a certain point in time, or that we're cool with just expressing regarding a specific thing what we agree on rather than what we disagree on. It's normal, and is all about balance. Finding the place where you feel most comfortable, where you know you did express yourself, so you know the friendship is real and your friends like you for you, not for an illusion of you, but at the same time that you don't push yourself to express things in the name of expressing yourself. Life is an act of balance, which is always a challenging thing, ALWAYS. For everyone. We have to go through the challenge repeatedly. The good news is, that means we have an almost endless number of opportunities to try again until we feel like we're getting it right.

I was wondering what do you hope to see with John and Terry's relationship in season 6? Do you think it can still be salvaged? 💜

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed my ramblings. 🥲

I'd still like to see all the ideas we've been talking about since the disappointment of S4 haha. I don't know what's realistic to hope for anymore, though. Their relationship in S5 was completely stagnant, which makes it hard to predict where the story is going.

Ideally, I want them to reconcile and FINALLY be the ultimate villain team they're destined to be. I'm a broken record, but I don't know how you write a story with the two main villains, who are lifelong friends with deep emotional history, and just…never use that to its full potential.

Both Kreese and Terry have nothing left to lose. Kreese broke out of jail and is running from the law. Terry may go to jail, or at least be held up by the legal system (he's a billionaire so he might weasel his way out of everything). They weren't on the same page before, but they have a common enemy now, which is also why a team up makes sense. The problem is I don't know how they get to a point where they trust each other again. Neither regretted what they did, so S6 would have some work to do.

Ugh! My babies! 🥺❤️

I really want to see them babyproofing the house. See Judd going overboard because he totally would, and Tommy is visiting and sipping some coffee while giving Grace a look because he's installing thicker carpet or something equally ridiculous. And Grace just shrugs because "What can you do?"

Also, a baby would be like a key chance to introduce their extended family. I'm really interested in seeing their relationship with Judd's brothers and how they'd interact with the new baby. I'm also interested in how Grace and Judd's families interact with each other.

I also want more moments where they're spending time with Evie and Isabella. Especially in the wake of Charles' death. I want to see them spending more time with their goddaughters and it being like a huge glaring sign of "Oh God. So this is what it's going to be like to have kids around all the time." Because it's been just the two of them for so long now. Adding to their family is going to bring major changes.

Give me pregnancy cravings! Give me Judd massaging Grace's feet on the couch!

Give me Grace going to Tommy for advice when she starts to get nervous!

Give me a chaotic baby shower where someone accidentally catches something on fire!

Give me Grace getting annoyed as she keeps tripping over package boxes on the front step because Judd won't stop ordering random baby items!

Give me the new parents dealing with overbearing grandparents!

Give me them being out of their depth when their baby catches a fever or something and calling on their friends who have kids just for Owen to be completely useless when it comes to babies and Tommy to laugh and swoop in to save the day!

Give me them continuing to love and support each other as they navigate all these changes in their life!

I want soft Judd and Grace moments in every episode, damn it!