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the women of Sinners

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Cobra Kai 1.08 | 6.14

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“Fake Plastic Trees” - Radiohead

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hands + reassurance

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i'm sorry for the incoming rant but "big multi-year time jump" is my most DESPISED trope next to "memory loss that never gets recovered" and i am not fucking pleased

For me it's just. ugh. Any story devices that remove character development and/or take away my ability to see that development happen make me so, so frustrated. Like. . . you are a different person in 8 years. the current story effectively just ended. in a sense we will never actually see the characters from this story again. unless there are 8 years worth of flashbacks, we won't actually get to see how any of them became the people they now are a decade later. i'm so fucking upset.

i'm so, so sad about cristobal but i know at this point that i'm watching a tragedy. i went into this season expecting the story to end badly for everyone (christ, i didn't think it would end THAT badly for Hank and Cristobal and i think i'm still fucking processing it, but still).

But this? I truly, genuinely hate this so fucking much as a narrative choice. I get where Bill is coming from with the idea of "seeing what would happen if they got what they wanted." But I feel like they could've accomplished that without the ENTIRE STORY jumping ahead by nearly a fucking decade??

Idk. Maybe Barry will prove itself to be the only piece of media i've ever seen that does this trope in a way that doesn't make me want to tear my hair out. First time for everything, i guess.

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“Fake Plastic Trees” - Radiohead

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I’ve seen a lot of people talk about Roy’s blanket and Jamie’s boot while discussing the bonfire scene in Ted Lasso but I think it’s important to acknowledge that Sam’s photo of the Nigerian team is also extremely sentimental and an important item! I’ve seen so many say that Roy & Jamie were the only ones who gave up something important or sentimental to them and that’s just not true! And unlike Roy & Jamie’s items, Sam’s photo wasn’t just tied to his past, it held his goals and drama for his future as well. And sure he can always get a new photo, but he specifically says that he vowed not to take that one until he made the Nigerian team himself. But he offers it up anyways! And I honestly think that afterwards he very well might’ve been sad/upset about giving it up even though he might not necessarily regret it, because it did mean something to him.

I also think his item is a great juxtaposition towards Jamie’s item and establishes a good connection towards the differences between them. Jamie’s item used to serve as a reminder for why he decided to start playing football in the first place, but eventually he lost his way and hasn’t done what he set out to do and he only begins to realize it as he’s giving up his item. Meanwhile Sam’s item serves as a reminder for what he wants to accomplish in football, and I think him burning it is the start of him gaining more confidence and realizing that he can achieve his goals.

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just saw Sinners and listened to ‘I Lied to You’ the entire way home

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'til you're just another girl on the subway

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its sick and twisted actually that this like straight up doesn't matter anymore

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cobra kai - miguel diaz, samantha larusso, robby keene, tory nichols, demetri alexopoulos, & eli moskowitz

i will never end up like him/behind my back i already am

redid this because i decided i liked this aspect ratio better. i miss my kids.

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let me get lost, the hard way's the way I want, and i've been good too long. let me be wrong!

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Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz in Cobra Kai S6EP2 - The Prize

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just two dudes being bros

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Rewatching atla for the 100th time, here's some doodles