#i need to talk to someone abt this book

[callum-hunt-is-bisexual]

im so normal abt jason haley (lying sososo much lie detector explodes)

[jesse-cosay]

Human aus where Lake and Tulip have complicated relationships are so, so important to me.

However there's something about aus where Lake or Tulip literally hate each other that rubs me wrong. Like yes! It is complex! And they frustrate each other! And they can never agree and they antagonize each other!

But they should never be able to give a straight answer about how they feel.

Yes, they've always been compared to Tulip. Yes they've lived their whole life in her shadow. Yes it's always and Lake. But canon Lake knows everything about Tulip! They have such an intimate knowledge of her- and the scene where they talk about her in the family tree car? There's no malice there. It isn't Tulip's fault that Lake can't be themselves around her.

And Tulip has never known Lake's struggle. Has an immense guilt for something she had no control over. She can't fix it, undo what has already happened. She's done all she can to correct the bridge between them, even if it's still smoldering embers beneath their feet.

She so genuinely wants the best for Lake and has no idea what that could possibly be. She doesn't understand them, and she doesn't pretend to. Like a real sibling she just hopes they're okay. Wherever they are. Whoever they are.

I love found family, but these two are just family. They didn't actually choose each other, but there's some piece of them that will always know the other. That will never forget, even if they don't end up reaching out. If they never speak again.

I'm going to yank what little hair I have out at how sibling coded they are.

[enevera]

struggle and pain (trying to decide which character gets the cool throat scar)

[bunnihearted]

🧸♡ ⋆｡˚

[lemememeringue]

ik it's like, , good for mental health but I rly wish my therapist would suggest something other than going to a park

[waywardsalt]

ive been rereading tnp and it’s bothering me so much i need to mention it here; it’s kind of insane how much the erins bend over backwards to make brambleclaw deputy, it’s kind of just nonsensical.

not even him not having an apprentice when he’s picked, though that is kind of wild, he just… there’s basically no good reason other than him being a main pov character and tigerstar’s son. literally any other thunderclan warrior who’s had an apprentice (barring maybe ashfur) would have been a better choice. thornclaw dustpelt sandstorm cloudtail brackenfur- brackenfur is one that firestar explicitly considers and the reasoning why he decides not to is so incredibly weak ‘oh i dont think he’d be right for leader’ number one what are you talking about number 2 then use him being deputy as an opportunity to help him become right for leader are you telling me firestar thinks the cat he once considered letting die in a fire is a better fit for leader than the cat he half mentored. dustpelt is clearly an experienced warrior, sandstorm is someone firestar obviously has faith in, thornclaw is experienced and i’m pretty sure you even see firestar consult him a few times (cloudtail is iffy bc thats cloudtail but he’d really be a better choice, just how he treats daisy and her kits would be an interesting justification for firestar making him second-in-command) but honestly besides the narrative jumping through hoops to act like the other very viable options are either secretly bad choices or otherwise ignore them (why is bramble the only cat we ever see jump to help firestar with stuff they just wrote everyone else to be silent or w/e) but in twilight where he arguably acts the most like de-facto deputy in leaf and squirrel’s pov he’s framed as a jackass half the book??? why would you do that if you intend to make him actual leader?? in his trial run of being kinda-not-deputy you just make him use his semi-authority to be cold and fucking mean to his friend and her buddy??? like i see him being qualified due to having experience being the travel group’s leader and whatnot, but barely anything else is done to make him realistically more qualified than anyone else- he just angsts about his ambitions and gets handed the position because starclan vouched for him for some damn reason even though by his society’s laws he should not be in that position

[exopelagic]

WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME BURROWS END WASNT FREE

[llycaons]

it just goes to show. how's that phrase go. no accounting for taste. I follow someone whose literary opinions I value a lot and they criticized an author who's book I quite liked and then recommended three other books, 2 of which I read and thought were either extremely juvenile and poorly written, OR very very boring. and I'm not posting anything specific bc I don't think either of us are Wrong I just think it's funny how different in taste ppl can be even on this site where we follow each other (or at least, I do in large part bc of taste)

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[taketheringtolohac]

sometimes I think abt that one person who was like “I really didn’t like Chicago there wasn’t a big elaborate set or lots of costume changes :/“ like look we all have our own tastes in theater but also like. you can’t go to the ice cream store and complain that they don’t have burgers. like the part of the point of Chicago is that it’s a bit minimalist bc the focus is really on the dance and the interpretive aspects of the show to emphasize the way that the justice system makes a spectacle of murder and crime for the sake of spectacle it’s not abt big costume changes and set pieces and whatever it’s abt the way that those small things are turned into something larger than life and again. the dance. perhaps most famously so. and also like that’s discrediting a lot of the design that goes into such a minimally designed show like that bc it makes all the things that ARENT solid Black stand out and also the variance within the solid Black costume pieces as well. Like I think the reason why I think abt this so often and why it was so jarring was bc the person like made an entire account all abt seeing theater in nyc and reviewing shows they saw and presenting themself as this theater guru and yet seemingly could not comprehend why a musical might not have eight million quick changes or a flashy showy set. Again it’s not a crime to have preferences, obviously this person prefers the big flashy stuff and I mean I love that too! But again to call yourself someone who knows a lot about theater and to say that seeing Chicago was “disappointing” bc of the “lack of design” is completely disregarding the work and thought that goes into a production like this and also the history of a production (which is especially important for a revival of a show…) as well as the artistic vision and direction. and again. It would be different if it was just a casual theater goer but she has a whole account dedicated to reviewing theater. Which is more than a casual theater goer. Like imagine seeing a production of a chorus line and going “man the songs were good but why was the stage bare and the actors in dance clothes” like you literally sound like theater reviewers in the 70s. Utterly ridiculous from someone who supposedly sees theater several times a month and reviews it claiming to be an authority

[weldfists]

thinking abt sett and cannibalism as a metaphor for love

[ichigosoju]

🍪🥛

[girl-bateman]

Feeling a debilitating sense of dread and despair 🤨 Which probably means nothing😍👍

[dbphantom]

maybe i should have gone into practical effects instead of computer science...

[twilightarcade]

Braceletz

[goethitee]

i think im gonna quit my job. i rlly dont think i can do this anymore. it is just so exhausting my body is falling apart i am in so much pain all the time. & it is so thankless too. i mean, thats not always true. i have clients that love me & i truly care about them & their dogs, but theres just - so many assholes. & ik thats everywhere. i get it. but i put in so much work for what? & something that i actually said to my bsf the other day - i could deal with my body falling apart if the pay was good. but it isnt!! & there isnt truly anyway for it to get better!! it was never my dream job to begin with, but i could stick with it, but i really think it is time for me to leave now, before too long & theres even more pressure for me to stay. i just cant do it anymore.