make gentle the life of this world

x-files pilot + the thrill of new beginnings

all we can do is love and appreciate every last second of the show. because we can’t change it. the lyrics, the characters are not ours to touch. this show is rooted so deeply in a true story that touching even one little piece of it seems like sacrilege. sure, we can make edits. we can laugh at some of the lines, we can cry at others. personally, i could talk forever about some of the musical choices. but that’s all we can do.

come from away is a show rooted so deeply in a true story that it shouldn’t be touched. other shows are true stories, yes, but with much broader artistic liberties. hamilton, for example, is both true and not true. it’s a modern sort of adaptation.

come from away is the story of an event that changed the lives of people around the globe. a tragedy that occurred in this century, and so the people who play a vital role in its telling are still around to go see it.

for me, that’s the beauty of it. (well, that and just about everything else.) but changing the story isn’t right. there can’t be fanfictions or changes, or anything else.

taking pics of ur friends without them asking u to bc they looked so pretty in that exact moment

randomly giving tiny gifts (a comic book that ur friend likes, a heart-shaped piece of paper with a sweet message on it)

handwritten letters with cute stickers

remembering what ur friend likes or dislikes

inside jokes

long phone calls

facetiming while ur both doing something else (study dates like that are on another level of intimacy)

cooking something for ur friend

sending texts when u randomly think abt them

listening without judging

making someone laughs so hard that their whole body shakes

hanging out in furniture stores nd testing every couch there is

deep conversations when it's deep in the night

holding hands while jaywalking so that u Both get hit by a car

randomly buying a flower for someone

letting ur friends taste ur food and also tasting theirs to the point where u basically ate a fair amount off of each plate on the table

"give me that I'll carry it for u"

helping ur friend decide what to wear while also reminding them that they look amazing no matter what

being involved in every bad hair decision (dyeing ur friend's hair grey in between playing with their switch)

paying attention

being aware nd understanding of someone's financial situation ("dw I'll pay for u")

looking stupid in public together (dancing in stores to overplayed pop songs, singing loudly in ur car)

hugging people when u say hi and goodbye to them

being there for someone even if u can't help them

"this reminded me of u"

maddening isolation

cold and wet

haunted(?)

gas lamps

sturdy boots

homoeroticism

“who lives, who dies, who tells your story”