Lucia (Lou) 💚💙🌈

@ladynimala Wants to be his bestie now. It’s great his team comes to accept & love him, and I don’t think people should hold his past against him, but like… people also don’t owe you space in their life after you hurt them. So that balance is nice to see

@ladynimala I love the way it’s all written to explain his behavior without excusing it. He still has to take accountability, make apologies, grow & change & become a better person, and we see people forgive him, but like we see with Ryan, it doesn’t mean everyone suddenly likes him or +

So I finished Role Model last night. And I really enjoyed it. I loved Troy's arc & growth. Learning abt his background, why he behaved the way he did. And the similarities btwn him & Ilya. Growing up with toxicity. Keeping who you are & who you love secret. It was really good.

@ladynimala Behavior. Seeing him grow & start to become a better person was one of my favorite parts of the whole series. He’s a bully and a victim, and him having to address both parts of himself was a story I really enjoyed

@ladynimala Troy Barrett is easily one of my favorite characters to watch develop. He’s such a fascinating exploration the way our environment can shape us, and how sometimes being in a toxic environment doesnt just lead to repression, it leads to internalized homophobia & shitty hateful +

Ok. So. I've started Role Model. One: I didn't realize how young Troy Barrett is when I was introduced to him in Tough Guy until I saw it mentioned in Common Goal. Two: that was quite the opening for Role Model. Hmmm.

@ladynimala They’re so very wildly heteronormative given the fact they’re all queer

Ilya... just invited himself to go out with Scott after their game? And no one really... questioned it? He willingly hung out with Scott at a gay bar & it didn't raise any flags for Scott, Kip, or Eric? And Eric was so obvious that Ilya called out his interest in Kyle?

@ted_amandalua @ladynimala @21scotthunter It definitely feels like the most applicable read to me

@ladynimala Me, @assortedpuzlpcs , and @21scotthunter all in this thread talking about him being demi, I think it was not confirmed by Rachel, but it was the consensus?

so Eric Bennett is also demisexual, right?

@kitkatstiel The fact that he’s about to be in a show with her & im so fairly certain he’s going to be her love interest in some way… 👀

Oh my god!!!!

@ted_amandalua And if Kip & Scott can have their smoothie shop meet cute then I totally believe Rose could bump into Maria in a Starbucks & become totally smitten

@ted_amandalua Oh really!? You know what they say about great minds!! I think they would be so much FUN!

This post shows that there's at least 6 Svetlana/Elena shippers now

@ted_amandalua I am also here for Rose/Maria shipping ngl

@ted_amandalua Ooh YES!! Count me in!

really glad HR led me to Harrison Browne 🤍

Variety points out that the BBC and BAFTA owe Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, the Tourette’s Community and Viewers an apology because, even though the broadcast was delayed, it didn't prevent the "N-word" moment from airing. "This was a tape-delayed broadcast. They still allowed the slur to air, unfiltered, and then let the moment circulate as a clip — stripped of context and primed for outrage. That decision poured gasoline on an already volatile situation. But you know what they did manage to cut out of the broadcast? Akinola Davies Jr. saying “Free Palestine” during his speech for winning outstanding British debut for “My Father’s Shadow.”

@chicagotechmom @Kittywampus @emilykmay The “day to day minutiae” of your investment accounts should not require the same level of work that your child’s bedtime routine OR their laundry would require, & if it does, that indicates a professional should be managing them. So they aren’t equal workloads being compared 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Kittywampus @emilykmay I’m not clued out about where it is invested or how to access it, I just have no awareness of the day to day minutiae. Sort of like a parent can be involved but not know where every piece of ephemera is stored.

a massive parenting platform run by two moms wrote a piece on being the default parent while being married to a "an amazing husband who is an equal partner in every way" and she talked about how her "tipping point" was that he didn't know where they kept the pajamas

@freddiesociety @mareastralis DO IT!! I think it would be so helpful! So many people genuinely just don’t know how they work!

@assortedpuzlpcs @mareastralis agreed!! I have no reach but I am so tempted to do a "tagging 101" thread or something just so ai can selfishly find stuff easier in this fandom in the future lmao

authors need to stop being cute in their tags and actually tell us what their story is about 😭😭

@mareastralis @freddiesociety I wish there was a bit more standard concept for people on tagging. Warnings are so important, but also just general story details? Like tell me who is in the story, what POV it’s told from, possible pairings, the emotional tone, the setting/time period, & any major story events

@mareastralis @freddiesociety I think adding unique tags are fine, but yeah, sometimes people treat tags like it’s all silly tumblr hashtags or smth instead of like, information to help sort & find their story. +

'Heated Rivalry' isn’t just a hockey romance, it’s a cultural reset. In a powerful new personal essay for Gayety, author Chip Pons breaks down why Rachel Reid’s beloved love story, and its buzzy screen adaptation starring Hudson Williams and Conner Storrie, feels bigger than a book or a show. It’s proof that queer audiences are done paying trauma as the price of admission and are demanding joy, heat, and happily-ever-afters instead. 🔗: gayety.com/heated-rivalry…

@thursdaysangelx Katie messaged me on Tumblr saying I need to download WhatsApp. Happy to do it but I need your contacts to message you…

@assortedpuzlpcs I need to start by saying Ilya Rozanov has never done a thing wrong in his entire life

Not to mention they already named their charity foundation after his mother, so then there’s even more burden of legacy & responsibility on his child. Let them be a kid.