Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me
Lilo & Stitch is a great example of a story that has no villains. It has antagonists, sure, but most of them are well-meaning. The worst person in the film is that little shit Myrtle, but she’s not in the film that much anyway.
I think there’s a line between “I was abused by my husband and there were very few ways I could save my sons” and Lily Salvatore.
And for me the moment she crossed that line is when she let Damon be burned for the missing money. All for a life that she planned on leaving her boys in the care of their abusive father for.
Then she has a way to save them but doesn’t. And centuries later, picks another man over them when she has the resources to leave. Not just another man, a whole other family. And not to besmirch adoptive/found families…but those shouldn’t come at the cost of your own sons.
Maybe Lily started as a trapped woman but she slowly outgrew that. She clearly resented her boys.
Let’s not even get started on how we know she canonically emotionally tortured Damon when he was 10…
Lil Nas X did a cover of Jolene and Dolly Parton responded to it on twitter
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[ID: Screenshots of two tweets. The first one is by Dolly Parton and it says "I was so excited when someone told me that Lil Nas X had done my song #Jolene. I had to find it and listen to it immediately…and it's really good. Of course, I love him anyway. I was surprised and I'm honored and flattered. I hope he does good for both of us. Thank you @LilNasX". The second tweet is Lil Nas X responding to the Dolly Parton tweet by simply saying "HOLY SHIT" in all caps. End of ID.]