#both of these things can be true

[nerdyenby]

One of my favorite things about the life series — aside from the everything — is how fluid the narrative is and how it’s primarily shaped by the fanbase. Because of this, you can maintain multiple contradicting theories with minimal concern about starting an argument or being proven wrong, it’s great

For example, I have two separate interpretations of Jimmy not being first out of Secret Life. I love them both to death and I don’t have to choose (at least for now)

1. the curse isn’t broken (lizzie)

This theory (introduced in this post) is essentially that Lizzie’s final death doesn’t break Jimmy’s curse. The canary’s curse is to be a warning of impending doom, to die to signal danger to miners within caves. Jimmy was still the first to die in the Overworld, the first funeral, the first lightning strike. Lizzie died in the End, a tragic accident that went unnoticed for seconds if not minutes. She died in the void like no player before. The End has not been in play in any prior season, and the Watchers are known to have a special relationship with it. Is it possible she escaped their notice? That her death was beyond their reach? Beyond the bounds of the game? Jimmy has always been the first to die, a warning to others that death is coming, but what meaning does the canary’s call — or lack of it — have to those beyond the coal mine?

2. the curse is broken (skizz)

I noted (in this post) when episode four first came out that Skizz said something unexpected, something with unusual confidence behind it. He called Jimmy a winner, commended his fighting spirit, and told him things would be different this time. He truly believed in Jimmy, and, possibly more importantly, got Jimmy to believe in himself. Fans have consistently interpreted Skizz’s character as angelic — as kind, honest, pure, good, steadfast, sacrificial, and selfless. Between his pattern with threes (being in every season except the third, having three deaths in the first episode of Limited Life, etc.) and the pattern known as “Skizz’s Blessing,” (where the winner of each season was there when he died) it’s easy to see why. His words historically have weight in the games, take “TIES makes top three” for example. Whether he predicts or dictates events as we know them, we don’t know, but it doesn’t seem to matter. When Skizz speaks there is truth we don’t see anywhere else. He is an omen of victory, all the sweeter in Jimmy’s case considering Skizz was the one to end his series — end anyone’s series — for the very first time.

(Note that I gotta go back and fact check the other patterns/curses I reference, these may be edited accordingly)

[splickedylit]

I have a photo file called Gamzeecore and it's 50% sad poetry/lyric quotes about mourning on a beach and 50% shitposts and poorly-translated shirts

[glitterfairy-21225]

From the bottom of my heart, wish Benedict could fuck a man at least once before getting with Sophie. But also. Love Lady Tilley’s hair when it’s down oh my god.

[carmen-berzattos]

what's been really frustrating about the whole conversation around celebrities and their boundaries is that we're not really speaking about the root cause that makes people feel so entitled to celebrities. we literally live in a culture that not only encourages the kind of predatory behavior towards celebrities by comodifying their every move, tracking down their lives, lifting them up as aspirational icons whose existence you're trying to emulate, worshipping at the alter of their fame where everything about their existence is curated and branded to sell you an idea of Ultimate Success, but this is culture that also endows them with more power and influence than anyone should reasonably have. we treat fame as if its the ultimate aspiration, encouraging people to chase and emulate it at whatever cost, everyone looking for a sliver of that fame, for those 15 minutes under the lime light so we can bask in something and hey! maybe then your life will have meaning. like my god, look at fandom blogs or small influencers or content creators and the moment they gain any clout and the kind of unhinged bullshit that goes on because of this tiny sliver of notoriety. of course everyone thinks that not being okay with fame is fake and entitled and bratty. we're told it's the ultimate dream. how come the people who have it want to control it and curtail and don't like it? and now we're confused why people fall over themselves trying to chase down an internationally recognizable superstar with no regards to their personhood? this isn't suprising. this isn't a fault of the system. it's a perk. it's exactly what we are meant to do in this fucked up age where the only thing that matters is fame and money and we're all trying to chase it because we're too afraid to look at the utter banality and lack of meaning in our day to day living.

[butididntpourthewhiskeys]

He sure loved staying free in her homes, jet, vacations etc this man don't know hard work or ambition also Taylor won't protecting from bad reviews anymore he needs to face the music

Oh he definitely was spoiled & enjoyed her lifestyle but let’s be for real… they spent 6.5 years together. He did love her. Even if he mistreated her in the last 2 years

[orcabolero]

life can be infinitely more interesting if you get on a train and listen to turf war music and pretend you’re an inkfish blissfully unaware of their role in saving the entire world in two weeks time

[wewontbesleeping]

i have complained about this before, and i'll complain about it again, but it's just. so stark coming from tumblr and opening a different social media and seeing swiftie content because it's all just like. "here's why this song is actually about THIS person" and it's like AI garble that entirely misses the point of a song by selecting one line that can be bent and shaped into meaning something completely different if you close one eye and pretend that you know nothing about taylor swift.

[mzannthropy]

I've been decluttering my Google Photos as my storage is filling up and found these screenshots of Sam Claflin's IG story from November 2021. I completely forgot I screenshotted it, but as this is the type of stuff I'm very into these days, let me share it here.

[the-sand-and-the-sea]

i was reading some of my dms to taylor and i never realized how many times i had asked to play gorgeous at my show…and then she actually did

[lavender-0-menace]

You sound like one of the angels in good omens making jokes -.-

Harry potter has been the mental refugee for many people and whenever you think is wrong to engage with it now, some people think differently.

Goddamit just be kind! Fuck JKR she is an egocentristic idiot but fuck you for being cruel towards someone who just wants to try a game

suck my dick and touch grass loser. people have different opinions than you. get over it.

[4ugust]

LAUREN GRAHAM MET TAYLOR SWIFT THIS SUMMER? impossible. how can a person meet themselves?

[cielomist]

actually diaspro didnt do anything wrong ever in her life

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I've never been more normal in my life.

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[halfanenchilada]

ok literally though there’ll be happiness after you… but there was happiness because of you

[knifearo]

"asexual discourse" is so funny cause dude that's not discourse and it's never been discourse. it's not an argument and it's not a conversation bitches are just yelling at us unprompted and then making up people to get mad at 😭

[wewontbesleeping]

he can't see it in my face, but i'm about to play my ace