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“Conrad and Belly are endgame”

“Jeremiah and Belly are endgame”

IF LAUREL AND JOHN DONT END UP TOGETHER I WILL LITERALLY THROUGH THIS REMOTE AT THE FUCKING TELEVEISION AND BREAK DOWN IN TEARS”

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I can’t remember where I said it but I appreciate that no matter how Steven feels about Taylor, especially when he’s exasperated with her, he always calls her Tay/Tay-Tay❤️

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Oh Conrad looking after Belly’s girl😩. Boy stop you’re too good for this world

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THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY RAIN SPENCER AS TAYLOR JEWEL

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3.01 - Last Christmas 2.06 - Love Fest

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Alexis play “Molly” by Lil Dicky on repeat

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1x01 || 2x07

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THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY — 2.06 "no matter how much time passes or how far apart we are..."

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belly, you're my best friend, i know you.

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Honestly, there’s such a good mirror for Belly and Jeremiah’s relationship in the first season at the volleyball match. Jeremiah is constantly taking things too lightly and cracking jokes like things don’t matter. Maybe that’s good at times, but it’s clear that this is something important to Belly, and he’s treating it like it’s a joke. We see him goofing around and disregarding the type of relationship they’re supposed to have on the court, leaving Belly to essentially “manage” or “mother” him on the court to ensure he’s even paying attention at all.

I don’t think Jeremiah is a bad person, but he’s not the person for her. She needs someone who is going to see the things she’s passionate about and support her/be just as passionate about those things, and that’s NOT Jeremiah. He’s a good friend, NOT a good boyfriend. He’s great to cheer her and Taylor on from the sidelines during the volleyball tournament, but he can’t step up on the pitch when it matters.

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taylor jewel and belly conklin in the summer i turned pretty

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favorite platonic relationships: belly conklin and taylor jewel “Can you just promise me one thing? That we'll always be best friends.”

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how am i supposed to wait a week for episode 6????

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okay what got to me about staylor is that the car accident made taylor realize how much she loves steven and for steven to really break things off… she’s just finally having to contend with the fact that all of her fears of not being wanted are coming true and i feel so bad for my girl like i love when characters are in love and miserable about it

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when people say Conrad is immature for pining after Belly for four years, I just wonder if they've ever experienced love before.

he doesn't PINE for her, first off. its not like he spent all four years dreaming about her - he tried to move on. why else would he have never come to visit???

second, yes he didn't get with other girls for 4 years because yes there was no comparison in his eyes, but also he's damaged. Conrad stopped being with Belly because he was damaged and he was hurting her. he doesn't want to do that to someone again. (in the books too he does try to date, its just also hard when he's still grieving).

third, he tried so hard to find happiness without her but that's also hard when that person was such a huge part of your life AND his brother probably talks about her. I have friendships that have been over for years that I still get sad about and wish we could fix things - did I move on? yes. but that doesn't mean when those friends come up again I don't still remember the good old days and get sad. he LOVED her and LOST her while he was also losing his mom. that's a huge gaping hole that was left in his heart. that's not something you can just get over.

fourth, Conrad has "pined" for Belly for years. before they were together, and after. he distances himself from them BECAUSE he doesn't want to get in the way of Jeremiah and Belly. that is not immaturity. thats MATUREity. Jeremiah, who had liked Belly for like a single summer before her and Conrad got together, pined for her and purposely wedged himself between her and Conrad. THATS immaturity. "pining after his brothers girl is immature" Oh okay so we agree that Jeremiah is immature? Considering he was fully aware of Conrad and Bellys feelings for each other when he pined after and dated Belly?

fifth, I wouldn't say any character in this show is fully mature. they're all young adults, and being in a love triangle with two brothers is naturally an immature thing. but there are things that are more immature and more damaging than others. being in love with someone for years but trying not to make it known so it doesn't hurt anyone else can be seen as immature, but it's also way more mature than anything either Jeremiah or Belly have done combined.

six, love isn't just something you get over. that's the point. if he loved her and then just moved on and stopped loving her in only 4 years, it wouldn't sound very much like love. he loved her as kids, and he loves her now. not to mention it was first love - which is even harder to get over. Belly said herself she still loves Conrad!! a part of her will ALWAYS love him!! she just had an easier time moving on (despite still loving him) bc she was able to villainize him, which is what he wanted so she COULD move on. Conrad knew he just fucked up. and loving someone and knowing you lost them bc you messed up is even harder to move on from because there's no closure.

lastly, Conrad holds in all of his feelings and never once tried to get in between Belly and Jere DESPITE BEING IN LOVE WITH HER, he was going to be the best man to the woman he loves wedding. the ONLY reason he ever tells her his feelings if bc he finds out that Jeremiah is a cheating dirt bag and he suddenly couldn't live with himself if Belly DID marry him. how is that immature??

Jeremiah cheated on her and then proposed to fix it when Belly was emotionally vulnerable and Conrad silently loving her and only getting in the way when he's afraid Jeremiah WILL hurt her is more immature?? make it make sense.

moral of this story, yeah every character is immature. that's kinda the point. it's a coming of age story, they have to GROW as people. but saying Conrad silently loving the woman he dated BEFORE Jeremiah ever dated is more immature than literally anything Jeremiah ever does is wild. crazy work.