Queen of Tears is so interesting cause i've never dealt with two really complex leads like this in romcom (i mean it is funny)

i've said it before but Haein and Hyunwoo know each other very well but don't know each other at all (i don't know if i've ever seen communication issues this bad).

Losing the baby clearly drove them apart. She blamed herself and put up high walls. He wears his heart on his sleeve and cried over it. We can argue that he should've comforted her in that moment but at the same time she clearly knew he was upset so why didn't she go to him? Haein thought she had no right to grieve and consequently Hyunwoo thought she didn't grieve at all. The moment where they needed each other more than ever- the moment they should've been together they both fucked up.

The core of the issue is that they can't read each other's mind, this is literally said at the beginning of 6- they love each other dearly but also tripping over each in the process.

Outside of Hyunwoo jumping up and down at her diagnosis and faking his way into her will (which was painfully cruel and soooo funny) It's very clear that this is a two person game. Although I always interpreted Hyunwoo's joy as the same as the mistress of a wealthy man who is just waiting for him to die so she can get the money, (it's mean but most times the master either sucks or he's naive as hell and she has no reason to mourn) and at that point Hyunwoo's in the same situation.

Why didn't Haein defend him in front of her relatives? Why scold him publicly in front of the employees? She does a lot of things behind the scenes but good intentions can only go so far if object of those affections is ignorant of the full story. The same thing happens in episode 6, she is trying to protect Hyunwoo from her family but without telling him so he is ignorant of the big picture. Why wasn't Hyunwoo honest with his feelings? Why is he always assuming the worst when she never explicitly says something? We see he tries to talk to her (it fails) but his fear of upsetting her leads him to do otherwise cruel things to keep her happy.

Which is also why the divorce paper is so interesting. That paper was one of the best things he’s done. He was completely justified in writing that. It breaks Haein's heart but severing ties like that was way healthier than him forcing himself to stay in this marriage and pamper her with fake love.

One thing I will admire this piece for is the role reversal, like i'm seeing so many typical fl tropes on Hyunwoo and ml tropes on Haein. You ever read one those isekai or time reverse manwha's were the fl goes back in time to get a divorce but falls in love with her partner again? yeah this is the same exact thing.

AAAH I have a mutual who’s 18 and he sorta kinda is flirting with this one guy who is a minor as a joke of course ( to which a concerned anon said that it’s weird ) but I can’t help but flashback to er*s

Whenever I think back to the very obvious fact in canon Ryoma basically becomes one with a god machine in most of the canons he’s in, it’s probably not a shock that while I would’ve never saw this coming, that a character I like experiences such a weird fate given the fucks I was obsessed with prior to him turned into THESE:

Not even mad about this btw even if it’s weird but wondering if Ryoma’s case is better or worse then being a floating toku device lmao.

Hey, quick question for the Heartstopper casting team: what's all this about?

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i’ve seen far too many tiktoks made purely with the intention of making fun of other people at tour (for their outfits, for how excited they got, for what songs they did or didn’t know…i could go on) and i just want to say i wish every single person who feels the need to not only make fun of someone but to do it on the internet a very fuck you. leave your mean girl energy at home idc

My problem is that there is a very jaded smart part of me that isn’t surprised when ppl are awful and shitty this part of me fights back whenever I’m hurt.

But there’s also the naive caring part of me that just wants community and connection and I still don’t know how to be both at once so I can stand up for my boundaries but still be caring and understanding.

Doodle of Them!!!

one thing people online are going to do is attribute things to taika waititi that he has literally nothing to do with (from that post abt wwdits where they are interviewing the SHOWRUNNER who is NAMED in the article and is very much not taika)

Random post: “reblog if you *thing I agree with”

My brain: if you reblog this you’re a virtue sighing whore who just wants internet clout. If you don’t reblog this you’re a heartless monster who should be shot in the street. Kys

Me: wtf

What’s the definition of an atypical swiftie?

Hahahah I just meant that as a joke lol! I was being kind to myself. The truth is lots of swifties would rather call me a fake fan or hater or traitor or whatever cuz I criticize her and don’t blindly eat up everything she does. I engage with her as the person that she is, a human who exists in a society, a very wealthy and powerful one, who makes wealthy powerful person choices and lives in a wealthy powerful person bubble, and is running a multimillion dollar business selling people things. Most of the time I want the product and I’m happy to hand over money for that product, but apparently it’s blasphemous to bring that up? It’s more typical for a swiftie to view and engage with her as… well not that. Ergo, my perspective is atypical!

one time i saw a post that was like “reblog all fanfiction even if it’s bad! support writers!” and yeah.

i support writers’ abilities to not fucking suck. learn some new writing techniques instead of copying the same 5 fanfiction writers on here and maybe i’ll reblog your shit. till then i’m just gonna scroll past and continue to not read it.

I saw that new Elvis biopic in cinemas a few days ago, and I think now that I’ve gone away and thought about it, I can finally say why it sucked so much ass.

No offence if you liked the movie, I can totally see why it would appeal to a lot of people (there were a LOT of really great things going for it, actually. The cast were amazing, it looked amazing, the soundtrack was.. great)

The musician biopic is becoming a really popular trend in Hollywood recently, and, don’t get me wrong, there have been some AMAZING ones in the past few years (Tick Tick Boom is probably my absolute favourite, and one of my favourite movies of all time. Period.). But, most of the time, these movies are extremely formulaic. They typically centre around a (typically white male) musician, who comes from seemingly “humble beginnings” and the first half of the movie is a feel-good, success story. Then Big Business Man In Big Business Man Suit seduces our all-American rockstar hero man to the dark, corrupted world of rock-and-roll, leaving his devoted wife/kids/family/ect. in the dust and everyone leaves the cinema after the second act like “poor little all-American rockstar man”

Idk... I think that’s the main reason I didn’t like Elvis. I liked all the weird hallmarks of Baz Luhrmann’s style that were scattered throughout the whole film (the fragmented time-skip-y style of storytelling, the almost obnoxious amount of glitter everywhere, the anachronisms that are a bit weird but can be excused by a casual “eh it’s a Baz Luhrmann film” and a shrug, ect.) but other than that, it just felt like a mass-produced rockstar biopic..

I honestly wish people cared more about depression and other issues rather than saying they care but scrutinise a person so horribly when they show symptoms associated with said condition 🧎‍♀️

i have joked abt it. multiple times w different people but if there’s one thing that boy can rely on me for i Will get him work. like he does sort of have me wrapped around his finger when it comes to casting but In My Defense it is also true in reverse

the more i study feminist theory/media critique the more i feel like im losing my mind trying to pin down my identity and experiences