*has an existential crisis that rocks me to my core* Should I rewatch The Good Place?

reaching critical chidi anagoyne levels of indecisiveness on this cursed thursday

@c0ltraine tagged me to share four characters that have my energy. I think I did solid. With how I l know myself at least.

Marshal Erickson. We’re both passionate, witty, devoted, and tell lame jokes.

Chidi Anagoyne. Super smart. Super stressed. Always try to be morally right.

Clay Jensen. He shows my anxiety. My bad traits. He’s impulsive and a bit much. We both try our best even if it’s too much at times. And he’s so damn dorky like me.

Amy Santiago. We’re both driven. Hard workers. Usually perfectionists who need to let loose.

It's so irritating when you're tagging posts and you type out the first few letters of the tag and the first option tumblr will give you is that one typo you made who knows when, subtle enough that you don't realize until you really look at the tag and finally notice the stupid typo. It doesn't matter that most of the time when i fully write it out I spell it correctly, Tumblr will take that one singular typo and make it the first suggested tag instead of the actual one.

For example:

Dean wichester

Chidi anagoyne

Serena van der wooden

And the latest one I've discovered is evan buckely

Why???

Jason Mendoza is pansexual. Eleanor is bisexual. Chidi is demisexual. Tahani is lesbian. Michael is aroace.

THIS WHOLE SCENE BECAUSE IT IS GOLD 

Good Place High School AU?

Due to a mix-up, Arizona transplant Eleanor finds herself accidentally enrolled at Good Place High, an elite private school. On her first day, she is assigned a Student Liaison: hall monitor and teacher’s pet Chidi. As annoyed as she is by his goody-goody attitude, she’ll take him over Class President, Homecoming Queen, & President of Student Activities Tahani. Rounding out the group are Tibetan exchange student Kiyanu, super smart but awkward Student Representative Janet, and Janet’s adopted father, Assistant Principal Michael, who is desperate to kick it with the youths. 

Eleanor reveals to Chidi that she doesn’t belong at GPH–her own test scores, social engagement reports, and student records were switched with someone else’s somehow. She was actually supposed to be in juvie instead, thanks to an outburst at her old school involving putting dissected frog bodies in the mascot costume (not to mention her abysmal attendance record and the number of detentions she’s received). After panicking about this whole thing, Chidi agrees to help her avoid being shipped off to juvie by becoming a better person and student. Little does she know, Michael is fully aware of the mistake, as he enjoys the power trip of ruining the lives of students and wants to see her suffer. 

The five of them turn out to be the only students taking the Morals & Philosophy 101 class, which coincidentally is being taught by Michael since the Philosophy teacher is away on maternity leave (despite the fact that he is no way qualified to teach the subject). Over the course of the year, they learn to question the moral implications of their actions, Michael included. As much as he hates it, Michael’s affection for the students grows. 

Even though she resists their friendship at first, Eleanor learns that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to her classmates: Tahani, despite her many accomplishments, remains in the shadow of her perfect sister Kamila, who has already graduated early. Kiyanu is actually Jason, a Florida pothead who snuck into the school in order to achieve his dream of being on their dance team for sports games. Janet may be a genius, but she has trouble expressing her feelings. 

Eleanor falls for Chidi but doesn’t want to tell him how she feels, especially once she realizes that if she’s found out and expelled, he’ll definitely get kicked out of GPH for not reporting her to Principal Gen. Similarly, Janet falls for Jason but believes that he’s in love with Tahani after he asks her to prom. To her shock, Tahani decides not to go to prom at all, choosing to go to Kamila’s art show to support her instead. Jason then reveals to Janet that he wanted to ask her to prom all along, but he thought she was the Guidance Counselor this whole time (no, Jason, she’s a student). Meanwhile, Chidi and Eleanor end up volunteering to clean up after prom (part of her learning to be a good person and in order to get extra credit for their Philosophy class). As they scoop up streamers and empty punch cups, Chidi asks Eleanor to dance, and she accepts. As they slowly sway back and forth, Eleanor decides to be brave and tells Chidi how she feels. He smiles, they kiss, and hey–that’s high school. 

The Good Place / My Hero Academia

I'm just watching 'the good place' and oh my God, Eleanor and Chidi remind me so much of Izuku and Katsuki.

Eleanor is simply a reflection of Katsuki and no one can change my mind. Chidi is a clean, spotless man who is simply a good man and who wants to get the best out of people, like Izuku!

And, the relationship between Eleaonr and Chidim is the quintessence of BakuDeku -just look at them!

God, I would like to see some BakuDeku AU from ‘The Good Place’~ <3

“Pandemonium” thoughts

Hooo boy, strap in chili babies. I have a lot of thoughts on the finale and I process best by writing so here we go. 

On Monday, I ended up binge-watching most of S1 and ALL of S2 with my brother who had never seen The Good Place. Watching all of it together, I realized that Michael Schur’s structure for this show seems to be “Last verse same as the first, but a whole lot louder and a little bit worse”. Or another way of putting it: Jeremy Bearimy. It’s becoming a classic exploration of fate vs free will as the time line loops in on itself over and over.

Consider:

Season 1: Eleanor asks Chidi for help. He agrees. Eleanor gets really into ethics and becomes a better person. Chidi struggles with indecision but is decisive when it comes down to saving Eleanor. Eleanor realizes she loves Chidi but Chidi has too many choices and doesn’t know what to do. Tahani is confronted with her inferiority complex. Jason falls for Janet, asking her to marry him just a few days into the relationship. Janet falls for Jason and starts to become more human. Michael is a master of deception but genuinely enjoys the little details of humans (paper clips, etc). The season ends with Eleanor figuring out the truth and Michael rebooting the neighborhood. Eleanor comes up with a last ditch plan to plant a clue in Janet: Find Chidi.

Season 2: We find out that in every one of the 800 reboots, Eleanor asks Chidi for help, he agrees, and they both get better. Eleanor gets really into Ethics and Chidi continues to struggle with indecision. Eleanor realizes she loves Chidi but Chidi is overwhelmed by their circumstances and doesn’t know what to do. He finally gets decisive when he realizes how he feels about Eleanor and that he might not have another chance to tell her. Tahani is confronted with her inferiority complex and finally gets the chance to tell her parents off. Janet realizes she loves Jason while Jason has no memory of them being together. Meanwhile, Jason falls for Tahani and asks her to marry him just a few days into their relationship. Janet becomes more and more human as she deals with new emotions and learns to lie. Michael’s ability to deceive now helps him save the humans he loves instead of torturing them. The season ends with Michael rebooting Team Cockroach and sending them back to earth. After being prompted by Michael, Eleanor finds Chidi on earth.

Season 3: Now on Earth, Eleanor once again gets really into ethics. Chidi, once again with Eleanor’s help, overcomes his indecision in order to ask out Simone (and later, to break up with her). Eleanor realizes she loves Chidi but Chidi is overwhelmed by their circumstances at first and doesn’t want to talk about it. He finally gets decisive when Eleanor is danger of losing herself and imploding the universe. Tahani is confronted with her inferiority complex and finally reconciles with Kamilah. Jason marries Tahani again, but not for love this time. Janet becomes more and more human as she deals with her emotions and lives on Earth without her powers. Jason finds out about his past with Janet and the two of them decide to try again. Michael accidentally dooms the humans when his deception is uncovered and his new goal becomes to right the wrongs of the Afterlife points system. The season ends with Michael recreating the fake “Good Place” neighborhood and rebooting Chidi. Eleanor and Chidi watch a film of them finding each other and loving each other in so many different contexts. Eleanor, now pretending to be the architect, welcomes Chidi to the neighborhood.

I'm a huge sucker for the "in every version of the universe, I'd find you and choose you" trope (Hi Snowing and Westallen fans!), so naturally, I love this structure. We get to see our faves dropped into lots of different situations with different results. Team Cockroach gets the chance to grow a little differently every time. Tahani always has to deal with her inferiority complex, but one season she confronts her parents. Another season she confronts Kamilah. We get to see Chidi learn to be decisive. We get to see Eleanor improve and become a part of a team, even a leader. The loop is a little different everytime but some things seem to be inevitable.

This next season seems to be set up to question that very concept: Is this growth inevitable? This loop is different from all the previous loops because of two reasons: 1) Chidi chose to be rebooted and 2) Chidi is the only one who got rebooted.

Some of the seemingly inevitable elements are still in place. Eleanor has knowledge that Chidi doesn't. Eleanor loves Chidi first. However, in every previous reboot, Eleanor and Chidi have both been starting from square 1. Eleanor needs his help and Chidi teaches. That's the base of their connection. In this version, Eleanor has already learned from Chidi. She won't be in the lessons because she's the "architect" that Chidi is trying to help the others improve for. Chidi chose to be rebooted with the absolute faith that he and Eleanor will find their way back to each other?.

In the other loops, Eleanor has found out about their past and some of the dramatic tension has come from the question of whether or not Eleanor should tell Chidi and how he'll react. This time, Eleanor can't tell him about their past without ruining the experiment and dooming them all. Eleanor knows Chidi loves her, but how will she feel watching him bond with an ex and unable to tell him how she feels?

It's a huge relief that they aren't starting all of Team Cockroach from square 1 again. But if there has to be a reboot, this is a genius way to do it. There is a ton of angst and character growth to lean into despite the familiar ground of the loop.

Jeremy Bearimy, baby. We'll get to the dot some day.

anyway,,, the good place season 3 finale sent me straight to the Bad place mentally n emotionally so.

I'm just saying. This fic is gonna be great.

Loki: "How do heroes feel about murder?"

Thor: "It's frowned upon."

Loki: "Okay. What if the reason you want to murder someone is to make your life easier? That's okay, right?"

Wait but doesn’t Chidi speak French? Is he at an English speaking university? Cause in the pilot he said he was always speaking French in The Good Place and that everyone else’s language was just translated into a language he could understand.

Anyway, I'm in love with Chidi Anagonye