Thinking about a time I wrote a 7 paragraph long post analysing Walter and Skylar's relationship back in 2022 and somehow it got deleted and I was so devastated and I felt so silly and useless and I stopped posting altogether.
I have so many feelings about the big Netflix show blowing up that are complex and knotty and nuanced but really the top level is I don’t think society as a whole is empathetic enough for a story like this now.
Little achievement: I am currently working on gaining weight with the help of a dietician (because I dropped back to 41kg in the last few months), and I gained 1,6kg within a month, and that is quite an achievement for me 🤭.
Sometimes family is an overly confident highschooler with inhumane strength who is also a secret agent and collects traumatic backstories like pokemon cards, her artificial eyeball who’s too cute to be a shrimp, her adoptive father who is an addicted to pornography loser and also is a secret agent who likes to disappear for 6 years from time to time, her Boss who adopted her after the loser disappeared, Boss’ adoptive daughter who is also a secret agent, is a victim of human experimentation, looks exactly like the highschooler, has the same name and the same inhumane abilities as her and also highschooler is her clone (don’t worry about it), her NB artificial eyeball who looks like a blob and I love them, the most pathetic man alive who woke up one day and decided to ruin lives of not one, not two but four people, is also able to speak languages but it’s because he almost achieved the enlightening (don’t worry about it), his artificial eyeball who looks like a ghost of S&M pervert with police uniform fetish who died in a tanning booth, a mad scientist who most certainly isn’t paid enough to deal with all of those people, an internet idol who’s still on her bullshit, even though she’s cured of her brain cancer and also is half sister of ANOTHER serial killer (don’t worry about it), a 30 year old guy who looks like he’s 15 and gladly got his shit together and reopened his parents’ business, an aspiring internet idol who is a genuinely sweet person and her career ended before it could really start because of her spinal injury and it’s just so damn sad when it happens, the world’s most decent man alive who saw aspiring idol’s dance once and hasn’t been same ever since, has been supporting her for 6 years after she lost ability to walk, an immortal boy (don’t worry about it) who’s immortal because he’s a victim of human experimentation, and is really passionate about robots, a Quasimodo who might be the strongest man alive (don’t worry about it) because he’s a victim of human experimentation but has become a cook, and a random background character from the first game that was turned into one of the most compelling characters in the whole narrative.
AS YOU CAN SEE AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - NIRVANA INITIATIVE CONSUMED MY MIND, HEART AND SOUL.
advice i think we should tell children is that when adults say stuff like ‘now that i’m an adult i get really excited about stuff like coffee tables and bathrooms and rugs etc’ they don’t mean ‘and now i don’t care about blorbo and squimbus from my childhood tv shows anymore’ bc your average adult still loves all the same pop culture stuff they always did; they just have a greater appreciation for the mundane as well. growing up just means you can enjoy life twice as much now. you can get really excited about a new stuffed animal AND about a new kitchen sponge. peace and love
Please, for the love of god, please don’t be this person. No matter how long it’s been since an update, no matter how many unfinished stories are sitting on their account, no matter what - do not be this person.
Not only is it insanely rude, but you also do more damage than you think be being such a self-entitled ass about something someone created for free and for fun. “This author” can see what you say.
my top bit of advice going into the new year: compliment people. especially strangers. literally everyone you interact with if you can. when you buy coffee in the morning compliment the barista's tattoos. when you're chatting with a coworker tell them that by the way you like their outfit. always find something they've chosen to do on purpose. nail polish, jewellery, tattoos, hair colour/style, statement accessory, outfit, etc are all good bets. things people hope will be noticed. things that aren't too personal so it doesn't make them uncomfortable (eg probably not their physical features). i've gotten into the habit of scanning everyone i talk to for something about them that i think is cool so i can tell them. it's a great habit because it makes me notice people and realise just how many neat little details there are in people's presentation of themselves that might pass me by if i wasn't paying attention. and it brings out so much joy. you'd be surprised how much it disarms people to receive an unexpected compliment from someone they don't know. it is the most sincere smile you will see all day long. it feels nice to make people happy but it also means you win the social interaction. establish dominance by complimenting a stranger's earrings and disappearing into the fog