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listen, sometimes it's more powerful for a fictional relationship to be a friendship precisely because friendship is devalued in comparison to romance. anyone can sacrifice themself for the love of their life. but for a friend? if anything, that kind of devotion can be even more moving than if the relationship is romantic. there's a real dramatic power to prioritising friendship in your narratives sometimes.

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PATRICK JANE & TERESA LISBON

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i love when characters lie to themselves in the complete privacy of their own minds

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it is so funny when your cat pretends not to hear you but their ears are cocked in such a way you know they are listening…..stop ignoring me you menace

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"Not everyone."

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GINNY & GEORGIA 2.04, “Happy My Birthday To You” 3.07, “That's Wild”

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You'll say, "Do you think we can be friends?" Oh, maybe we have reached the end.

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Just finished s3 and my god this post aged like red wine

Probably an unpopular opinion but I really??? don't get the hype for Georgia/Joe??? The show is clearly planting seeds for a slow-burn endgame kind of thing between them but I don't really see why they should have that???

As a character, yes, Joe is great. And he and Georgia do have a great friendship. You can really see how Georgia just relaxes whenever she sees him. And (especially in s1) they have entertaining scenes. But. It just really feels like Joe is endlessly pining whereas Georgia is really really not there. I feel bad for Joe, I pity him, but I can't really ship him with Georgia cause it all feels SO one-sided. And I agree with Cynthia that Georgia would eat Joe alive if they got together—despite the snarky comments here and there, Joe's a complete doormat when it comes to Georgia! They're not equals! Not really. Not unless Joe grows a gd backbone somepoint in seasons 3&4.

And then there's Paul. Paul, who is madly in love with Georgia, and it so so good for and to her and her kids, and who has the most adorable friendship with Zion. Paul, who Georgia clearly is madly in love with, who she loves enough that she told him almost everything about her past, all the ugly, really laid herself bare. Paul who holds Georgia accountable and doesn't put up with her bullshit, while still being the ultimate ride-or-die husband.

Like they said in the s2 finale, Georgia and Paul are a team, they're partners.

Literally the only way I see Georgia and Paul not ending up together at the end of the show without making the characters ooc is by killing off Paul. That's it. Nothing else makes sense to me.

And I really don't understand why that should have to happen just because Joe remembered a girl he spoke to for 0.2 seconds as a teenager and named a horse Milkshake

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You can actually only call it hubris if the gods/consequences ever catch you. Otherwise it's just sparkling genius.

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"just write a little every day" ok but what if i write nothing for 3 weeks and then suddenly type like i’m being hunted by god

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requested by anon

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Not to sound like a potted plant, but sunlight and fresh air really makes a difference if you even care.

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Teresa lisbon & Patrick jane ❤️

THE MENTALIST | 5.11 “Days of Wine and Roses”

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I genuinely really enjoy the slightly religious ring that the music in gallifrey has. there's no separation of church and state, because they say they are not religious, but their rituals and mythology have a decidedly religious flavour to them. their warning system in their timeships is literally a cloister bell - a warning that could be said to be an omen that the inhabitants of said timeship will soon pass on to the afterlife. humans, too, used to ring church bells as a warning of fire or death - there's a long-standing tradition of it.

their robes, their title of "cardinal", all have a religious tinge. they say they're "more advanced" than the more "superstitious" species that they observe, but religion and mythology is more entwined in their world than it is in almost any other. the only difference is that eventually, it turns out that their gods are real. but that doesn't change the fact that they believed in them even before that.

the rest of the universe sees them as gods. would you believe that your deities have deities of their own? if you know your gods exist, how terrified would you be to find out that theirs do, too?

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Rowena in 14.18 Absence

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Can i say something problematique for terminally online millenials and people born after that point: I think the seeming lack of ability or willingness to call one another and chat on the phone with friends unprompted or out of the blue contributes to whatever hellish loneliness everyone is talking about feeling these days. Say what you want about boomers and old people but those guys mostly knew how to keep in touch with each other. Idk man call a bitch today

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Reblog to give prev the power to write their fanfiction