2x7 | 5x6

“Get my girl on the show.”

5.06 - The Testi-Roastial

I am in gay hell and I can never escape.

Can't stop thinking about them (I'm only on season 3 but I love this show so far)

Midge & Susie | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 5x09

In 2002, I got introduced to the Amy Sherman Palladino Cinematic Universe by someone to whose Midge I would have gladly spent the rest of my life playing Susie. She’s been out of my life since 2008, but she’s all I could think of during—maybe all I have to say about—the Maisel finale. I really hate how much I still miss her.

Somebody point me in the direction of my Hedy instead, because that story could be so much better for the Susies in reverse.

Eighteen and a half. Such a tiny fucking thigh.

i know, i know, i don't normally talk about the marvelous mrs. maisel on here but i need to say something about the 'were you ever a blonde?' scene in the last episode, because it was so just frustratingly beautiful. susie's out there absolutely baring her heart to midge, in a way that she never has before, and she's sort of mad at herself about it (which is honestly relatable, i too have been pissed that i had the audacity to fall for a girl.) she's accepted that this is it, this is her love life, she is forever doomed, stuck falling for rich, impossible girls that she will never truly have a chance with. but there is a sweetness to the hell she has chosen, something that makes their love worth any heartache susie goes through. midge is the love of her life, and a sweet hell with her is infinitely better than a empty heaven with anyone else.

and then there's midge, sitting across from her in her perfectly monochromatic outfit, pretending to drink coffee, and it is so glaringly obvious that they're soulmates. the way she listens to susie and compliments her from a place of genuine admiration is so perfect, so lovely, that anyone who sees them together can tell that they love each other. two remarkably different puzzle pieces that somehow fit perfectly. soulmates, in the purest definition of the word. not romantic, not platonic, but filled with the love of a lifetime.

Midge goes back to that Chinese food spot every year after Lenny's death.

She takes Susie with her in 1995. When the owners decide to sell, Susie buys it and keeps it exactly the same.

Maybe the most satisfying thing about Midge’s life is that she experienced different types of love from which it is difficult to choose the one. She loved Joel immaturely and later had to learn from it. She loved Susie truly and platonically. She also loved Lenny and that was her doomed love. I think all of these loves were great and life-defining. Also, they were beautifully encapsulated in the last scene.

5.01 - Go Forward | 5.09 - Four Minutes

The era of homophobic gay ships is over. And I have to say I'm going to miss it.... I have a kind of sadistic attraction for impossible love stories, disowned even by their own creators.

do I think midge is gay? No. But we know Susie is a lesbian and in love with midge and midge loves her back they are the real love of each others lives and it doesn't have to be sexual or even requited in the same ways like!! The show is about love and support between women over fucking decades!!! how anyone is watching this show and obsessing over random het ships I don't know

Season 5 Episode 6 spoilers below:

Gotta love how Joel went behind Midge’s back to solve the problem with the mobsters. He could’ve shown her the book or went back to her to raise his concerns again now that he had tangible proof. But no. It’s Joel, so he has to lie and go behind her back about stuff that pertains to her own life. This man has learned absolutely nothing.

Also hate that he’s trading pictures of her in prison. He specifically asks for the panty pose picture which is so gross. He got mad at someone for having it in S3 but whatever.

I almost rage-quit when Midge said she was still in love with Joel. I still hate her romance plots this season. Gordon is gross. The stalker guy is gross. Joel still sucks. The guy literally blamed Midge for Mei leaving and ending the pregnancy. Yeah Midge was probably still a little jealous since Joel was such a huge part of her life, but there’s a lot of concern for her children driving it as well. “I don’t want them calling you mom.” Is a line that especially has a lot of insecurity behind it.

I guess the rest of the episode was okay. Unsurprisingly, Alex Borstein was great, but I am totally on Midge’s side in regards to her fight with Susie. Susie should’ve told Midge the truth.

I almost cried at the ending.

I miss Lenny. But that’s why we have fanfic.

Also, I know it was a joke, but Midge says she and Susie had sex in Pensacola and refers to their fight as a “break-up”…so…I want to see that story.

yeah

GOD