#then there's the main thought: this song is so stupid. it's so corny in a way it makes me uhghu7ujhkjg..

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I was tagged by @saltedpin and @yamcat! Thank you! <<<333

tag someone you want to get to know better! Or just check in with.

favourite colour: Blue-greens! But like @yamcat, I have a weakness for things that have a variety of colors that somehow look harmonious together. Like fields of wildflowers, for example.

last song: Probably one of the many Mars Volta songs that fill my YouTube My Mix playlist. I should listen to other things more often, but 1.) laziness and 2.) it's the Mars Volta, i.e., the band that sounds like my brain would look if I were a more interesting person. Though I have tickets to see them on Saturday, so I should be listening to them, right? I hope I don't spend a lot of the concert bawling my eyes out like I did last year -- I was just overwhelmed with joy at seeing them again, when I genuinely thought that was a thing that would never happen, since they hadn't released an album in ten years and had broken up.

last movie: I can't remember, honestly! I'm one of those awful people who is like, "Oh no, I certainly don't have time to watch something for two hours!" and then either stare at a wall for two hours or watch two or more episodes of an hour-long show.

currently watching: Not much! I was watching the new series of the Arthdal Chronicles but haven't got back to it yet. It's kind of corny, but it reminds me of the fantasy shows my dad used to watch.

other stuff i watched this year: Lost You Forever! Which I really enjoyed in the moment but am now totally not looking forward to watching the second season of because the script leaked and there are a lot of really unfortunate and downright stupid changes to the original novel. On the plus side, it introduced me to Tan Jianci, who is a fantastic actor and looks really beautiful in a long silver wig. Also, he has really cute dogs. Other than that, I can't really remember anything I watched this year. I guess I watched the second half of The Glory, which was OK, though the main romance seemed tacked on. I also watched the latest season of Golden Kamuy, which was brilliant at times but sadly over too soon.

shows i dropped this year: A lot! The problem is that I really enjoy cdramas and kdramas, but I also really enjoy multitasking, which I can't do while I'm reading subtitles. It's a stupid problem to have! The most recent show I dropped was My Journey to You, which I watched two episodes of and found visually stunning, but none of the characters interested me very much, and I haven't any desire to go back to it.

currently reading: Some pretentious, obnoxious book about food by Michael Pollan (is there any other type of Michael Pollan book?) that I really should DNF. I'm also reading a novel about the mistress of James II to my brother, which is an odd choice for both of us, really. It's OK.

Tagging anyone who's interested and has the time! I'm nosy and also always on the lookout for TV and book recommendations!

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iCarly Reboot Season 3: Episode 1

I guess I'm carrying on my tradition of writing thoughts for the new iCarly episodes now that the third season has started. I'm not sure I'll do this for all the episodes, but I thought it'd be fun for the first one. Haven't watched the second one yet.

Overall, I really enjoyed the episode - got some genuine laughs from me because it just felt like such lighthearted, stupid humor for the most part.

-Of course I'm a sucker for romance, so I'm enjoying every bit of the Carly/Freddie setup, no matter how corny, but I particularly liked the aerial ribbon moment. I think normally the characters who are destined to be together would be in sync beautifully while the outsider (Pearl) flopped around clumsily, but seeing Carly and Freddie out of sync together was actually really heartwarming and sweet. Also suggested to me that Pearl will sail on just fine once her relationship with Freddie inevitably ends.

-I thought the weird fantasy YA subplot of the blonde girl "sister" was refreshingly funny. I'm used to characters like her getting oversexualized ditzy humor as their main thing, so I was really laughing when she pulled the strange voices. Surprising fun!

-The stalk of wheat joke also got a good laugh from me. As well as Spencer's quip about being too smart for therapy. (I'm sure we can all relate to feeling that way at points, as ridiculous as we realize it to be).

-Not too invested in the Millicent wedding plot line, but for the most part, her plots have not been all that interesting. I like her character much more than I did at the start though, so I hope she'll get something richer down the line. (Also, is it possible for a kid to officiate a wedding? Did I understand that right?)

-I don't have much interest in Paul as a character. He kind of just feels like "let's put Josh Peck in this show with Miranda again."

-It's still strange how not about iCarly this show is. It was good that Carly was mentioned to be an influencer again with the failed TV show, but it still feels like the writers forgot about the web show. Personally, I'm not that invested in that anyway, but still feels odd when it's literally the title and the whole launching point of the series.

Anyway, I'm excited for this season because I know Creddie will be happening. The ending Creddie scene was as mature as it needs to be for a goofy show that still wants to demonstrate these kids aren't kids anymore.

Also, it's just good to see Miranda again. I love her so much. She's so stunning and talented! (I don't care what anyone says; some of her old songs were BOPS too!)

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PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT~!

I just wanna say that MY ONE SHOT STORIES ARE NOW OUT ON WATTPAD~~

They short story collections full of gayness and fluff! Join me on my quest in writing sweet scenarios you can enjoy as couples or a single sapphic like me who daydreams a lot about romance (for a bitter person)

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ ❀AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTON❀⋆｡˚♡ ˚ ༘

It would be nice if you read this first, but if you wanna skip to the stories, that's okay. I will just sit in the corner and rock myself back and forth while hugging my knees thinking I shouldn't have written this part (jk)

Hello readers!

This account is quite new but I've been writing stories here before. But they were all fanfictions of fandoms I'm not a part of anymore so I decided to make another account to make something that includes my original characters.

As I want to start over my writing career, but with many story ideas in mind, it stresses me out. How I can restart my journey here? Which of these stories will get me going without it leading to an unfinished story?

As a writer, I have many ideas in my head. And as a writer who also has parents who don't believe you can make it if you pursue arts and literature, I have low self-esteem and I overthink my stories a lot of times even If I am aware that it's good. Sometimes when I feel stressed due to writer's block or anything really, I lay down and close my eyes, thinking of random scenarios I can have with my imaginary girlfriend--I know, corny and silly Friyn being stupid and craving for love--and it feels good. Sometimes, I tend to even put them in my stories. So I start to write them, using You and I pronouns instead of making up characters (and most times I end up imagining them while sitting on a chair in front of a blank Google Docs screen with my eyes wide open which sometimes scares the shitballs out of my fam) (sorry little sis) and that's how I thought about it: why not just write about these stupid scenarios instead while you're still trying to figure out your Wattpad story?

And I do be-do-be-do agree!

So WELCOME ALL OF YOU! TO THE GAYEST BOOK YOU'LL READ! Or so I hope please gays I hope you'll like these.

WELCOME TO THIS WRECK OF A BOOK FILLED WITH MY CRIPPLING STARVATION OF LOVE AND FEAR OF LONELINESS! This collection may consist of things more than stories but also short letters for lovers as well as love songs I write when I'm in a mood. And guess what? THEY'RE FULL OF FLUFF! So send some of your faves from here to your girlfriend or crush or just send it to yourself, pretend someone else gives it to you and you start to do that wiggle dance thing with your feet while you're laying on the bed.

Well maybe I'll slip in some tragedy on the way because 1. we need to balance things out, 2. who doesn't love a good surprise? and 3. I am quite evil sometimes. I'm that person who will give you all the ice cream flavors you want and then as you are about to eat them, I take it and make you watch me eat them all as you cry in agony (If you're upset about number 3, please don't take it seriously I'm sorry don't go I need you-)

What's fun about this book as well is that I might put some of these scenes in some of my stories like they're easter eggs! Won't that be cool eh? Oh...You...You don't think so? Do you think it's just me being kinda lazy to write different scenes that's why I take some that's in here instead? Yeah, you're kinda right...

Anyway!! Enough blabbering! Enjoy this gay book, gays (and straights, I guess, but especially the gays)

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About the author: Things you need to know about Friyn: is your typical stressed student by morning, and a typical stressed writer by night; They keep talking about how gay they are and how they love women; They also keep talking about writing despite avoiding it for a few months; Their main genre is romance despite being a bitter romantic; It's them, their stuff toys, procrastination, unfinished stories, and ice cream against the world.

To all sapphics out there, this is for you

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SCENARIOS: A Sapphic Romance Collections is now ON WATTPAD:

I will be posting these parts on Tumblr soon so stay tuned loves <33

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I spent the whole movie looking forward to Rajkummar Rao (stupid "special thanks to Rajkummar Rao" screen before the movie had even began), and when we do get him, it's such a heavily makeupped (makeup'd? makeup'ed?) version that you can barely recognize him. I was then hoping he'd make a guest appearance at the end, but that didn't happen either.

Speaking of guest appearances, Deepika ... like, don't get me wrong. I love the song. But it's so odd - like, it is an 'item song' of sorts, but nothing you can dance to so she's just there walking around on stage? Weird. But again, good song. At least the movie had that going for it - between Raabta, Ik Vaari, and Main Tera Boyfriend (relegated to 'end credit' throw-in status), the music was nice. Raabta is good, of course, but not as good as Raabta (any of the versions, really) from Agent Vinod. But that's just a minor grumble.

Actual not nice thoughts: 'jungle trap'. I was expecting some sort of, you know, traps or threatening stuff. Instead we just got a messed up race which coincided with him having multiple opportunities to remove her clothing bit-by-bit, almost like that song from Baahubali. Like, she's a princess or queen or something, out to protect her village from being destroyed - and they turn it into a "win this race, but also avoid having this guy take all your clothes off in the process." Pathetic on both aspects - just call it a race, if that is all it is going to be. And I know this is a romance story, but the ending of that race was also just very ... dumb/corny. Expected, but still dumb/corny.

Also, they were doing pretty well right up until the end - when it turns into classic Bollywood and this guy becomes "you can't be marrying him instead of me" and forcefully holds her against her will and demands an explanation, no accepting that maybe she had moved on. I mean, we all know she hadn't and why she was doing what she was, but still. Like, he pulled the same move the bad guy had by holding her against her will. (Though, I guess, to some extent, he's been doing that from the time they first met; I mean, just look at that ridiculous break-up sequence where he's pretty much just running her life for her.) ... Actually, the more I think about it now, the more I just really don't like his character. Like, he's funny and charming, but also like ... obsessive. Controlling. Forceful. To a fault.

I thought the first half dragged a bit, though I guess they needed to build up some sort of relationship between people who have only known each other for a short period of time, so fine, pass. It seems like it'll pick up at the 'intermission,' when he issues a "kill him" command - but that just leads to one quick, one-sided fight; then there's that ridiculous flashback (is she underwater the whole time?; and how is she remembering scenes that she wasn't even present for?) with the stupid 'jungle trap' - I think that whole sequence, focused entirely on a warrior who, instead of trying to win the stupid race, is semi-focused on removing excess clothing - really turned me off of the movie. After that point, it was just sorta waiting for the end. And then his character turning into a 'why not me' guy just compounded that. Thankfully, the movie ended not much later.

Varun Sharma doesn't get much screen time, but at least he is recognizable. Not much opportunity to bring forth much humor though, and the random bits they do try really seemed to fall flat, unfortunately.

Reincarnation movies seem to fall flat in general, partially I feel because it's the same story over and over again. Not that I know exactly how to change that - it is sort of a problem when you're turning to that type of story - but it's always the same thing. I think that movie Ek Paheli Leela switched it up a bit (though I haven't seen it) by making the reincarnate 'good' guy be the previous 'bad' guy, but the relationship still ends up being between the old time lovers. Because that's what it always is. Only other story that comes to mind is Makkhi, which really went against the grain - but that also is what made it so much fun (also, it was just a crazy fun story; but the difference from typical reincarnation stories definitely helped). And Raabta, like most other such stories, fails to be very different. Even the "only one of them remembers" thing isn't exactly new - but even if it was, it wouldn't really add much.

That's not to say it was a bad movie - it most definitely wasn't - but between the turn-offs I mentioned above and the familiarity/predictability, it doesn't really bring much to the plate as a good movie either.