love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking
last night i got home kind of tipsy and very much in tears and my mother told me the force you exert to keep someone in your life is proportional to the force with which they will leave your life. if you have to fight tooth and claw to keep them, their leaving will be just as hard, just as harsh, and just as definite.
sportbible Carlos and Charles gave us the full low-down in our 'Sainz or Leclerc' Q&A ahead of the #SilverstoneGP
Who would make a better stand-up comedian?
Carlos: If we were together we'd do a good job... Together or nothing. We come as a package.
Charles: This is very cute, yes.
POOR GABRIEL MONTEZ! YOU NEVER SAW THIS COMING DID YOU? ALL YOU WANTED WAS POWER. SECURITY. SAFETY. & THATS EXACTLY WHAT YOU GOT! JUST IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR BODY. LETS JUST HOPE NO ONE FUCKS THIS UP. LETS JUST HOPE YOU WONT HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.
I love you smile lines and worry lines and grey and white hair and wrinkles and purple spiderweb veins and the process of aging and living in a body that is standing the test of times. I love you experiences that make you wiser and stories that make you laugh, and every little process that happens to get to the point where you have so many memories because you have the fortune to be here and be so radiant
i wouldn’t say the era of binge tv is the sole reason why right now, a lot of people seem to have issues with growth arcs and general patience re: letting a narrative unfold at its own pace, but i do think it’s a big piece of the puzzle
anyway i am lowkey constantly begging people to understand that a character undergoing a growth arc has to start from a place of needing that growth, which necessitates that their starting point is not Already Awesome In All The Ways, No Complaints Here.
So I was watching a video essay about why Kenny’s the best character in South Park (which is true), and they said something about how his close friends don’t really care about him and I’m just like “wait, that’s not true……is it?” I mean, yeah, during the “Kenny dies every episode” era of the show you could say that since his deaths are often laughed off after the catchphrase is said. Even without that aspect this is the era where Stan and Kyle were almost as bad as Cartman, so they’d make fun of him for being poor, make him eat/do gross things for money, Kyle even said that he “didn’t give a rats ass about Kenny” back in season two. But I feel like that’s no longer true. Their characters have changed quite a bit since then, Kyle especially goes from being a jerk to being the voice of reason. Obviously Cartman doesn’t care about anyone but himself, but I think the others do. In “Kenny Dies” they’re all distraught at the prospect of Kenny dying permanently. Kyle even contradicts what he said in season two by claiming that he cares a lot about him. Since then there’s been times that they’ve proven they care like in “Best Friends Forever” where they fight to keep Kenny on life support, Kyle tries comforting him during his “I can’t die” rant in “Coon vs Coon and Friends” (even though that didn’t go so well.), and they all still want to be friends with Kenny in the Vaccination Special, even trying to stay together for his sake. (Though maybe that’s not a good example as they treat him like their kid and not as an equal.) But then, there’s also times past “Kenny Dies” where they’re back to their old habits regarding him, like in “Ladder to Heaven” where they just want his candy raffle ticket and don’t care about seeing him again. And in “The Scoots” where they kick him out of trick or treating with them since he can’t use the scooters. (Though they at least are upset about that.) So…. I dunno. I think they do care, they’re just not always the best friends towards him. (Let’s be honest, they’re not always the best friends toward each other either.) And I know that I write them nicer in fics than they probably would be in canon, but I just want Kenny to have friends who love him, cause he deserves it and I know for a fact that he cares about them. What do you guys think? Am I correct in thinking that they care or am I just completely off the mark?
I finished reading 4 books from Earth's Children series. The last three were really hard to read. After finishing Plains of Passage, I have come to really appreciate Clan of the Cave Bear as a standalone. I miss all the Neanderthals and Ayla's character arc. Gotta do some fanart!