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Noel for Uncut, March 2000

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The thing that always makes me smile is that LG means "Liebe Grüße" in Germany, which, in its abbreviated form, is one of the most cosy/friendly/chummy, female-coded, wholesome, demonstratively kind (and therefore prone to insincerity and possibly passive-aggressiveness) sign-off phrases.

As you were. LG

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imagination (1963) - harold ordway rugg

"chekhovs cat / schrödingers razor / occams gun"

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how it feels

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You guys are not going to believe what I saw at the Coldplay concert tonight. 😔

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The first two seasons were fun. The show wasn't deep or even especially groundbreaking but it was fun to watch and it had some memorable characters. Doe-eyed Dylan O'Brien as Stilkes Stilinski was a remarkably good actor. Ian Bohen's creepy Uncle Peter had so much potential. Tyler Hoechlin as Derek Hale was hotness on an unprecedented scale, with a tragic back story that prompted severe woobification and forever divided a fandom.

The only thing you absolutely mustn't do: follow the storyline and hope for coherence.

Everything after season two suffers from a severe lack of continuity. The closer you look, the worse it gets. Characterization is all over the place. Plot holes the size of Arkansas, partly due to actors leaving, partly due to writer & producers not sticking to the previously established lore and handwaving away any inconsistencies. Everything glossed over by bad GCI, prettiness, and glamor. This show didn't take itself serious enough to tell a coherent story, it just wanted to entertain.

I didn't watch after season three, but from what I've seen and read, it certainly didn't get any better after that.

Oh, and don't let me get started about the epic fandom war. Right from the beginning, the protagonist's best friend who was intended to be a comedic relief side character stole the spotlight and people started shipping him with the hot hunk with the tragic back story, and other parts of the fandom went berserk because of it.

And then TPTB thought that cashing in on the ship's popularity was a great idea and started severely queerbaiting their audience, going so far as to getting the actors drunk to LITERALLY ship-tease on main.

Jesus, what a shitshow.

In any case, it led to Sterek becoming one of AO3's juggernaut ships, with 76.000 stories in that category. Meanwhile, the main protagonist and his various canonical love interests don't even run a poor second.

teen wolf is fr show of all time. their commitment to using edm makes it work. introduce the most dog coded character and go this is a werewolf. scott genuinely thinking lycanthropy is a disease. the asshole jock character is that way because he's adopted and his best friend is a gay guy who btw everyone likes. scott being shocked allisons family are werewolf hunters versus jackson immediately going “it makes sense. argent in french is silver” jackson hating scott so bad because hes suddenly good at lacrosse that he genuinely tries to murder him. scott not caring that there might be a serial killer on the loose bc he just wants his inhaler back bc those things are like 50 dollars. scott also not caring that hes a werewolf bc hes got work and homework and lacrosse and a pretty girl to impress. and his genius sarcastic best friend has adhd. and all of this happened in the first season.

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Of course Liam would love the entire Gallagher Hill thing, it fits with his chaotic neutral alignment.

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What fucks me up about Liam Gallagher is that he spent over a fucking decade pulling the most unhinged crazy ex girlfriend moves on his fucking brother with whom he's psycho sexually obsessed to the point of literal insanity AND IT FUCKING WORKED. Reunion tour and that motherfucker now holds his hand and bows to him on stage. Just. Babygirl manifested his brother crawling back to him through off-putting delusional Twitter rants. Good for him <3333

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It's really astonishing how the Supersonic video makes Liam look like a bohemian. Put some black and white on the British working class lad and suddenly he's looks like he knows how to tie his own shoelaces.

and his brother, the perfect son-in-law, valedictorian and serious thinker.

And then there's the first interview.

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How to Emotionally Destroy Readers

✩ Gut-punches are about timing. You don't say “I love you” during the sunset. You say it in the middle of a burning building or right after they stab you.

✩ A single line of dialogue like “you were supposed to come back” hits harder than an entire page of poetic mourning.

✩ Don’t just break their hearts, break their sense of identity. Make them question who they are, what they stand for, and if it was ever worth it (That’s premium pain.)

✩ Let someone be forgiven… but not trusted again. That's the kind of heartbreak that lingers like smoke.

✩ Sometimes the most devastating line is the one they don’t say. Silence is a character too.

✩ Give them a moment of joy. Right before everything falls apart. Hope makes the fall hurt more.

✩ Someone saying “I forgive you” through tears? Powerful. Someone saying “I still love you but I can’t stay”? Absolutely soul-shattering.

✩ If they die, don’t describe the death. Describe the aftermath. The coat left hanging by the door. The mug still on the table. The dog waiting.

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I feel like it's a little insane that the Manchester Goslings are pulling this off without doing any sort of press. Nothing.

Press & fans are doing it all for them, and if that isn't a testament to their musical legacy, I don't know what is.

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Did you know that you can waste your free time by not knowing which activity to do so you do none of them

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possibly just made the best gif (2nd) in existence but whatever

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having the black sails gene is like i don't think people understand that he truly is the best protagonist that has ever been put to television

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That Coldplay CEO shit isn't funny in the least.

I don't even feel Schadenfreude, imagining how his wife would find out through social media.

And, what a coward. He was standing there and when he got exposed, he let go of his girlfriend and ducked, not even bothering to take her with him. Instead of, you know, standing up for himself.

Cheaters really are pathetic losers.

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Käthe Schlendermettwurst

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The Loch Lomond kiss

you mean the coked-up power move born from badly repressed incestuous longing that was meant to demonstrate ownership and control while also working as punishment, a very specific brand of "take this, you slut", "I own that" and a general "fuck you" to the audience.

(Only it backfired because of course Liam used tongue.)