Le TCRG de Bath, la cyberpolice politique de Bloomberg, cible de nouveau Vapolitique

Le fichage des citoyens favorables à la réduction des risques sur Twitter lors de la COP 9 de l’OMS en 2021 par la cellule d’investigation de l’Université de Bath, financée par Bloomberg, fait l’objet d’une publication dans la revue Plos One. À défaut de choses intéressantes, le nom de Vapolitique y figure en évidence, ainsi que des tweets inattendus dénichés dans un fichier que nous n’aurions…

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GILMORE GIRLS — 5.20 How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod?

I think I’ve finally pinpointed why I dislike the later seasons of Gilmore Girls (and by this I mean after season 3/4). I just hate how much it resembles a soap opera. All of the ‘dramatic’ scenes and plot lines are overplayed and just don’t seem realistic anymore. Before the show was charming and semi-relatable but, in the later seasons, it just feels like the writing was out of touch. The whole Luke’s secret daughter plot line really adds to this, too. All the characters started acting strange just for the dramatic effect, or at least that’s what it felt like. Maybe this is just me, but the later seasons just feel…off.

Concept art for Frozen

it's the way jess shows up unannounced but rory still is truly glad to see him and reconnect... the way he wrote an entire damn book and rory was just SO impressed and so proud of him because she knew that he could do it, that he had so much intellectual potential and creativity, that he could maks something of himself and accomplish his goals... the way that she was so supportive of him following his dreams and proactively making a good life for himself... the way she always had faith in him (as did luke btw lets not forget about his impact!!) while others (lorelai, emily, the town of stars hollow, etc) were ready to write him off as a bad person and not consider him as worthy of their time or, worth anything, really.

and it's the way that jess wants to show rory real proof of how much he's changed... the way he wants to see rory succeed, brings her back to reality by being direct and has her realize/confront the fact that she's living an unproductive life at the moment, that she's stagnant and lost and not facing her decisions and acknowledging the harm her choices do to her... it's the way he cares about the trajectory of rory's path and her happiness... it's the way he remembered her birthday as well!!!

they might be broken up and obviously their romantic relationship could have been healthier, but their bond, and their rebuilt friendship, is still strong and it's such a good and healthy thing for them!! they spent time apart and grew in that time so that they could create a healthy friendship dynamic. jess grappled with his mistakes and confronted his past choices and then made new, better ones. and because of his bluntness and passion and honesty, rory's doing the same for herself, realizing the critical stage her life is in right now... god i love them so much and i'm spiraling down a rabbit hole for them again.

I've Been Thinking About April

I've seen a lot of people say that April was the end for Lorelai and Luke but I don't think that had to be the case.

I keep imagining an alternate universe where they introduce April a little sooner. An AU where Luke isn't scared to tell Lorelai about April-- instead, he turns to Lorelai, feeling overwhelmed and unsure. Lorelai brings them together and creates opportunities for them to bond so that Luke can focus his attention on his daughter and not worrying about planning things for her/them. This still leaves room for Anna to get her defenses up about Lorelai getting close to her daughter before she and Luke are fully committed and married.

I also think it would have presented a good arc to explore between Rory and April. I think it would have been very interesting for them to get into Luke being a father figure for Rory and April feeling like she missed out or was robbed of that. They could have a mildly tense relationship at first, slowly growing to appreciate each other as sisters. I think Rory might not have spiraled so much if she knew she had a little sister who's actually around and very similar to Rory in her youth, that she had to be a role model for. Or her pattern of occasional self-destruction could be something April picks up and then Rory has to grapple with feeling responsible and guilty? Is there something here? idk

Anna says that April built her list of potential fathers from reading Anna's journals from the time so perhaps when Luke asked why she didn't tell him that he had a daughter she should have said because she didn't know if April was his or not. Absolutely nothing against being open sexually and enjoying yourself but to put the blame on him? That he didn't like kids? Was trash. They wanted to tank her character but they reallllllly tanked her.

Cathy: I have the next five years planned out.

Anna: Five years. Cool.

Anna: I've got the next two and a half hours planned. And then there's darkness. Possibly some dragons.

GILMORE GIRLS — 1.05 Cinnamon's Wake

tv/film recs? ♥

well it depends on what you like but from looking at your profile i feel like you would like these series and films plus some ones i like!

literally anything by sofia coppola (priscilla, the virgin suicides)

13 going on 30 (film)

pretty little liars (series)

abbot elementary (series)

gilmore girls (series)

sixteen candles (film)

you (series)

inventing anna (series)

the woman in the house across the street from the girl in the window (series)

dead to me (series)

gossip girl (series)

mama mia (film)

good girls (series)

she's all that (film)

lmk if you like any of these if you see them!

sweet anna — inspired by @headkiss

requested at my old blog <3

Style guides, callouts, and concept art by various artists

the thing is while literati and rogan shippers may be divided on rory's situation in s6 and the way both boys responded to it, i see the merit of both sides (although i could be biased since i very obviously ship both). and in the context of this episode specifically, 6x08 when looking at writing and characterization, i'm a big fan of how things play out.

because jess really does know rory as he claims to even if he obviously has made terrible choices with her in the past and hurt her badly (and let's keep in mind that while his actions were horrible and inexcusable, he was an immature TEEN at the time of their relationship and has clearly learned from his mistakes and matured a lot since then, to the point where rory is actually happy to see him and reconnect in a platonic capacity). because they are friends and he cares about her, because they have the type of relationship where they cheer for the other's successes, she supports the actions that he's taken to make something better for his life. and he chooses to support rory too, calling her out on her stagnant life that she's living at the moment and encouraging her to reclaim what she worked so hard for. he knows that she's lost and dejected, not following her passions/goals, not taking her ambitions seriously. and yes, i do agree that it's a bit unfair for him to have approached the situation that way and claimed to know what's best for her/yell at her especially as he hasn't had consistent presence in her life recently, but it does lead rory to a pivotal breakthrough and helps her turn things around for herself and pursue what she feels is the correct path, at last momentarily.

but that's not where the story ends either. when she confronts logan about her recent lifestyle, how it compares to his opportunities/privilege and the struggles he faces when dealing with that, and how they spend their time together drinking and partying (all of which are great themes to explore on their own), they get into what is a very important fight for them. logan reminds her that she has as much privilege and opportunity as him, that she's the one making the choices she does, and that he respects and supports those choices. he also heatedly reminds her that she has as much power to reclaim what she's lost, that she can choose to live whichever life she wants and he isn't preventing her from doing that. instead, he's simply being supportive and respecting her decisions, not coercing or being a "bad influence" on her.

while both men were making poor decisions this episode (logan being an excessive drunk and unnecessarily antagonizing jess in an immature display of jealousy, jess presuming to know what is best for rory), they were also really important to not only enriching rory's storyline but understanding all three of them as characters, imo. both sides of the rogan versus literati fandoms can argue against the other man's behavior this episode (and both sides would make a convincing point) but it's meaningless to debate who is the better love interest because that's not the point here, at least in the context of this episode and how it drives the plot. the point is that both relationship dynamics and both characters, romance drama aside, were integral to rory realizing what she wanted and proactively making decisions to drive her own success. and in the end, it was rory who regained agency, rory who took charge of her life, which neither love interests deserve credit for. however, i do appreciate that they both did play their part in helping her get there.