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dana-is-snax · 8 months
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sex education season 4 spoilers (yes the whole thing, not only a few episodes) ahead
so i just watched the whole season in one day and i just want to say how fucked up it is that neither jakob and jean nor otis and maeve really have a happy ending (yes, with otis and maeve there is still possibility in the future). (it is a very special kind of fucked up that motorbike man is the dad; like he literally called jean 'mum' in like s1ep1)
i love that once in television motherhood isn't only pretty. it is hard and heartbreaking and exhausting and more than not it is romanticised by filmmakers. and yes, jean is not her usual self, but she has fucking postnatal depression (saw someone on tiktok say that they don't like that storyline for her; like i'm sure she doesn't either). also, gillian is so fucking beautiful and talented.
i love that otis' and eric's friendship somehow ends in the same way it begin in the series, with them playing smash bros - while not being static; they acknowledge their differences and their ignorance towards those.
i love that aimee works through the trauma of her assault and i love the scene at the bus stop where she burns the pants and makes photos. so much love for aimee in general.
i love eric's arc. because getting queerness and religion into one person is really hard and i'm sure many can really identify with that situation. at every age too. i know i can and i know somewhere some eighty-year-old can too.
also love my babe maeve for shutting her teacher up.
AND i love, love, love that we finally got a jean/maeve moment where jean gives some motherly advice!!!!!! needed this!
i love so much more ab this: the topic of body dysphoria, t4t-relationship representation, mention of toxic positivity as well as ableism, mention of childhood trauma w special mention to the storyline w jean's sister, etc.
yeah, just my unfiltered, rambled, not-thought-to-the-end opinion.
also joy is a really cute baby in the later episodes when she's not crying all the time :)
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Worst take I heard today was that "Sex is like sleeping. If you don't get sleep, you're going to have issues."
Ok but it's literally not though. Like it's literally not like sleeping? Like it's objectively not...?
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thextruths · 7 months
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I watched sex education because of Jean Milburn, I mean, I just watch anything with Gillian Anderson.
I really appreciate this character, all her ups and downs, her failures and insecurities, but also her confidence and sexiness.
Through Jean we got really important messages about acceptance, breaking taboos and misconceptions, growth and inclusion. I'm really forever grateful for this show and her absolutely beautiful performance.
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Also. Isn't Joy a cutie? 😍
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chainofclovers · 6 months
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sex education s4
Anyway so finally finished the entire series...
Sex Education is such a fascinating show and I really genuinely enjoy a lot about it and I think nearly all of the actors are VERY talented which makes it a joy to watch but also I struggle with the dialogue-writing so much. I feel like the ethos of the show is to try to capture the ways humans make mistakes and try hard and screw up and find and re-find each other (which is a very, you know, human and relatable thing), all within this hyper-stylized world that contains all the same problems of our world but also contains a deeply engrained emotional intelligence that informs nearly every conversation?!
So you've got all the normal fuck-ups of life and also all the honoring of emotional journeys, and somehow the way the emotional journey piece of it is written actually makes the sex and relationship mistakes feel more shocking?! It's like we rarely get to settle into those intimate scenes between people for long enough to really feel repercussions. And instead we keep having to pause so some character can say the most basic thing. I don't think this is an actual line in the show, but it feels like half the stuff that comes out of people's heads is basically "Relationships can be intense and that's why relationships are so hard."
And I think Jean Milburn's bad radio show is kind of a way to poke fun at the very unnuanced therapy speak of it all, but maybe not?!
The show is WONDERFUL when the dialogue is specific and weird. Like when Adam and Eric reunite at the funeral and Adam's like "I work with horses now." What a line! Perfection. But those moments were far too few and far between for me.
I do like that the show makes it clear that as much as you might try to craft a safe, thoughtful, emotionally careful world for yourself, that doesn't mean life isn't hard. Cal's dysphoria and sense that the world doesn't want them is incredibly real and well done. And I thought Eric, Viv, and Jackson all had important moments of connection that transcended the dialogue and felt real, too.
I struggled a lot with Michael's storyline. I was actually interested in him and Maureen realizing that the work they've done as individuals makes them more appealing to each other, and I liked that they ended up exploring that and will likely end up getting back together. But! Michael's rebound with that teacher was never going to be what he needed, but I hated the way that lesson was taught. Sure, maybe he was always going to return to the familiar-but-new of his wife and family unit. But I HATE that the sex scenes on the show are often centered entirely around a specific moment of performance/pressure/penetration (literal or emotional) at the expense of what a human body might actually need. There's something in the middle of the spectrum of being humiliated for losing your erection during casual sex and returning to your wife. That middle point is sex--even casual sex--with someone who's willing to connect emotionally, to compliment, to experiment with foreplay, to kiss and touch and make it feel safe to have sex. I don't believe a show has a responsibility to depict that, but in this specific case it felt bad to watch a character so deeply need something other than he was getting and for the "lesson" to feel skewed a few degrees away from where I felt the real lesson actually was.
And let's be real, a large reason I've stuck with this show is because of how much I love Hannah Waddingham, and I found Jackson's storylines with his mums a bit strange precisely because of the surface level pseudo-deep emotional dialogue they're all forced to work with. At this point I've watched many, many hours of Hannah Waddingham working. She's so good. And you've got Hannah Waddingham, Sharon Duncan-Brewter, and Kedar Williams-Sterling, three phenomenal actors, in a room together, and it felt like an opportunity to go into exactly WHY they hid the real story of Jackson's conception from him, and why they went to such lengths to create the handmade picture book (adorable, but in hindsight so strange). All of these actors are more than capable of really getting into it re: deep desires for a particular type of family, and the haunting of the past, queerness, how Roz felt as the biological parent who wanted to give Sofia a certain type of family, how Sofia felt as the new partner starting a relationship with a pregnant woman, etc. There was no need to rely on a letter nonsensically kept in a bedside table, or surface-level platitudes.
Over and over, I feel like they created such fantastic scenarios, and cast such wonderful people to act them, but then the actual words spoken in conversation didn't ring true. And the juxtaposition of the frantic snapshots of sex (which do paint an empathetic portrait of desire and how lonely desire can be) with the tedious dialogue just didn't do it for me this time around. I'm all for some heightened utopian fantasy coupled with the painful reality that even when people love you, identity and self-determination are struggles. They just didn't quite make it there. But the actors really are so good that I enjoyed it anyway. Mostly. Often.
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wumingfoundation · 2 years
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Fantasy and Conspiracy with Wu Ming 1 – ACFM
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ACFM – proudly promoting itself as «the home of the weird left» – is a podcast series produced in the UK by Novara Media and co-hosted by Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn. The series' mission is to «examine the links between left-wing politics, culture, music and experiences of collective joy».
The latest «microdose» (extra episode) was just released. Keir Milburn talks with WM1 about the appeal of conspiracy fantasies, the inanity of most usual tactics of cultural subversion, the importance of magic, and the necessity of reenchantment. In short, the content of WM1's book La Q di Qomplotto.
ACFM is available on many podcast platforms:
Soundcloud, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Weezer, etc.
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sexedtheories · 2 years
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Enjoy the Monday serotonin from our two fave older siblings w/ their baby sisters 💕 NGL I'd love to see Maeve & Otis tag-team babysit together – Can you imagine the chaos? ✨
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joyexe · 3 years
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omg omg if they choose to name Otis's little sister Joy we will HAVE THE SAME NAME OMG ! Wow <3
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pearlcaddy · 3 years
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#they invented friendship
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fairyfandommother · 3 years
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Just got done with Sex Education Season 3 and I’ve got to say… there were… some very surprising decisions made by TPTB. Eric cheating on ANOTHER one of his boyfriends? Detty Pig. Baby Joy probably not being Jakobs? Damn that’s crazy. Otis x Ruby essentially being a repeat of Otis x Ola except there was actual chemistry? Madness. Adam and Rahim having chemistry too?????? I’m floored.
I think my favorite storyline this season was Mr. Groff’s, though. Like don’t get me wrong he was a shit husband, father, and person most times but my favorite scene all season is gonna have to be a toss up between Mr. Groff telling off his brother and Otis x The Vending Machine (iykyk).
I’m disappointed we didn’t get Jackson x Viv (couldn’t even recognize her personality this season tbh) but the storyline with him and Cal was cute.
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catty-words · 3 years
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gillians-leoni · 3 years
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I’m so done with your shit, laurie
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astridncs · 3 years
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Of Love, Happiness, and Promises
a Sex Education -- Jean Milburn/Jakob Nyman fanfic | full read on AO3
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When Otis left the room, Jean was left with Jakob. They haven’t spoken much since after her surgery and as much as she wanted for them to have a conversation now, she was still exhausted and the anesthesia hasn’t worn off yet making her mind loopy.
“Sleep, Jean. I’ll be here when you wake up.” He whispered to her as he pressed a kiss on her forehead.
Jean nodded and before she drifted off to sleep she mumbled, “I’m the king of everything, Jakob…” and that made the man smile.
Looking at Jean’s sleeping form, Jakob began to ponder of their situation and their relationship. He thought of the therapy session that he went to before rushing to the hospital. He let out a quiet laugh thinking of how that was sort of a blessing in disguise. That conversation with Dr. Cutton surely made him realize a lot of things – things that he was now more than willing to improve just to make everything work, now that the baby’s finally born.
An hour passed when Jakob felt himself being woken up by someone. The midwife who assisted Jean earlier smiled at him as he roused from his sleep.
“We were wondering if Jean would like to visit the baby? It would be good for the both of them.” The midwife suggested. “I’m Carol, by the way.” She introduced herself and Jakob shook her hand before nodding and telling her he’d wake Jean up and bring her to the NICU.
When Carol left, Jakob stood by Jean’s bedside and instead of waking her yet, he began to talk to her sleeping form. It seemed cowardly that he couldn’t just talk to her when she was awake, but for some reason doing such when she was still asleep felt easier for him.
“Jean, I don’t know if you can hear me or if you’re in deep sleep, but I just want you to know that I am sorry for the things that I have said, for doubting you, and for not trusting you. Earlier, you were amazing, you always have been, but seeing you push our baby out into this world has made me love you even more than I already do. I am so proud of you,” he paused as he sighed and softly ran his fingers through her hair. He observed at how exhausted she looked – bags under her eyes, her skin paler, and her lips still seemingly blue from the ordeal that she went through.
“You scared me, Jean, but I’m so happy you’re alive,” he sniffled. “I’m so happy you held on. Our baby girl’s waiting for you. She’s perfect, tiny, but perfect; ten toes and ten fingers, she has your nose and your lips. She looks just like you, sötnos. She’s ready to meet you again.” He whispered.
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imaginedisish · 5 years
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I just screamed 300 FOLLOWERS IM SORRY WHAT?!?
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I hate wrestling but this shit is how I feel. I’m that little boy and you’re all that insanely muscular man. Thank you for all the support. I’m so fucking happy. Y’all don’t even understand. OTIS SMUT COMING TONIGHT IN CELEBRATION!!!! Also can I do a little “about me” post? I see other writers do it, so I thought it would be coooool. Anyway, thank you again for 300 followers. I’m not crying, you’re crying. See you all in a bit with some smut.
Until then....xxxxxx <3
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avenging-fandoms · 2 years
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i feel like otis would kiss you without any warning and then mumble on about how stupid he was for doing that but you'd roll your eyes and kiss him back while he was mid sentence. sndjjfjfjf
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"hi mrs. milburn. i'm here to study with otis" you smile and she invites you in and you thank her.
"please, call me jean, darling" she says and you nod. "otis isn't home yet, but you're more welcome to wait here. would you like some tea?"
"that'd be great, thank you" you thank her and sit down at the table. "how's the baby? how's joy?" you ask and thank her quietly as she sets your mug in front of you.
"she's a doll, she's sleeping right now. so this is my relaxation time" she whispers and takes a sip from her mug. "how's school here, is it different from the states? are the kids at school nice to you?"
"for the most part. otis and eric are basically my only friends. besides this boy in my chemistry class, adam. he's sweet. quiet.. but he's nice" you smile and the keys in the door clanged.
otis pushed his way into the house and you turned around, setting your empty mug on the table. you smiled and otis returned one, jean smirking behind her sip. "sorry i'm late, had to help ruby with something real quick"
her name made your stomach jump, and jean noticed. "otis, yn just had a.. woman question for me. she'll be up to study in a few minutes darling" you look at her and she winks at you. otis nodded and headed up the stairs. "ruby. do you know her?"
"uh.. i-i know of her, yes. i know her and otis have been becoming closer" you put your mug in the sink and jean met you there. she tapped the counter and you hopped up, playing with your fingers. "mrs. milburn, is it weird to tell you that i have a major crush on your son?"
"oh darling i knew from the first time you came over" she tapped your thigh and you laughed. "but i saw your face when he said he was with her. you didn't like that"
"of course i didn't. ruby is popular. she's sexy, she's confident. she's all i want to be" you sigh and jean touches your chin.
"you are gorgeous, darling. and anyone, even otis, would be grateful to have you" you smile and hop down, thanking her as she rubbed your back.
"thank you, jean. and if joy starts to fuss, i got her. you enjoy your outside porch read" you smile and she groans and thanks you, hugging you tightly before grabbing a book, her mug and sitting on the porch.
you grabbed your backpack and took a deep breath, heading up to otis's room quietly with the baby monitor in hand. joy was still sound asleep, so you went into otis's room.
otis sat on the edge of his bed, math book in his lap and you took your shoes off and sat criss cross on his bed behind him. you took out your book, and he turned his body with his leg touching yours.
"this shouldn't be too difficult, but if you don't understand something, i'll help" otis smiled and you nodded, grabbing your pencil and you started to write.
"this is much different from the states" you mumble and he laughs, looking at you instead of the paper.
"is there anything you miss about the states?" otis asked and you looked at him, thinking. you didn't really miss anything, you liked it better in england.
"the food, maybe. but i could live without it. i like it so much better over here" you reply and he nods.
"anything in particular you really like over here?" otis asked and you took a deep breath. you closed your book and took a breath, letting it go and otis leaned forward to kiss you.
you blink slowly as he pulls away, putting it math book on his lap again. "i'm sorry, i shouldn't have done that. that was.. really dumb. we're here to study. right.. studying. not-not kiss-" otis rambled and you laugh under your breath, rolling your eyes and grabbing his face and kissing him again.
the kiss was slow, and his math book fell onto the floor on his feet. "ow" he mumbled and you laugh into his mouth, his hands holding your ribs. you grab his hands and push them lower to your hips, and you felt his breath hitch in his throat. "i don't.." he pulled away and you looked at each other. "i don't want to do anything just yet. if-if you want to do something"
"of course i want to do things with you, otis. but not all of it all at once" you smile and brush your hair out of your face. "can i ask you a question that has been weighing on me?"
"of course, what's up?"
"do you.. do you have feelings for ruby?" you asked and he looked at you, smiling.
"no, but i do have feelings for you" he admitted and you smile, leaning forward to kiss him again.
"we don't have to do anything today, maybe just making out?" you asked and he nods, and you laid on his bed. "fuck studying"
"yeah.. fuck studying" he grinned and you held his face, kissing him slowly as you grabbed his shirt to pull his body into you. you two did more than make out that day, but no one needed to know that. it was yours and otis's secret.
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doryness · 3 years
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Here I am finally talking about SEX EDUCATION 3.
I already wrote in another post that I loved this season so much and that I loved all the characters' journeys.
SPOILER ALERT 'cause I will talk about details.
• Adam became my favourite character, not just in this season but in the entire series. His grownth is simply beautiful, he goes through so many things and he grow and mature becoming a better version of himself, which is the true version of himself: a brave, caring and kind boy who wants to make himself better every single day.
I was sad of Eric breaking up with him (my boy tried so hard to be a good boyfriend for him *sigh*) but I wasn't very angry with this, 'cause I pretty understood the implications behind it.
So yeah. Adam Groff has my heart entirely.
And I also loved the development and the growth of all the Groff family members: loved Maureen's friendship with Jean (cute them) and Michael's journey.
Just beautiful. That's it.
• I love Otis and Maeve and I literally screamed of joy when they FINALLY kissed (the two best kisses of the entire series, in my humble opinion *I am weak for rain kisses sorry*).
But honestly... I am tired of this thing with them being splitted up at the end of every season: they deserve a chance to be together as a couple! Just show their little moments together, we need it!
But talking about this season I loved:
▪︎Otis remembering heart by heart his message's words (this boy has my heart)
▪︎ Otis being proud of Maeve for being accepted at America's School (husband material)
▪︎Otis speech to his mum about Maeve, something like "I don't know a lot about love, but I am sure that she is my person". Love love love.
I am still rooting for them, so I really hope season 4 could be their final endgame. We should just wait and see what will happen.
• RUBY MATTHEWS ON THE WAY. In love with her growth and the fact that we discovered that she is a caring person, with a secret passion for nerdy and soft boys (girl, you're not the only).
I truly loved her moments with Otis: they're so cute as a couple and they have a beautiful chemistry.
The moment when she said "I love you" to Otis and he doesn't say it back is heartbreaking... like, really.
But again it is not Otis' fault and neither Ruby's. They simply were completely honest about their feelings for each other, and I think it's important that this show portrayed it, because it could happen in real life: having feelings for someone who doesn't feel the same way about you, and it's none's fault if this happen.
As Otis said in season 1, in the end "Love is just dumb luck... sometimes you meet someone who feels the same way about you, and sometimes you're unlucky".
But... I think that maybe in season 4 we could have something between Otis and Ruby. And even though I'm rooting for him and Maeve, I won't feel bad if they made up and were again a couple.
In conclusion: Otis and Ruby are cute and powerful (he offering to help her with her dad and she's embarassed because she talks a lot about him with her family, sooo cute).
• Aimee Gibbs, ladies and gentleman. Give a medal to writers for showing us how healing for a trauma is not easy, especially speaking in the case of Aimee. I was sad when she decided to break up with Steve, but it's truly the best thing she could do for herself: she needs some time to be alone and discover herself a little more.
• Maeve finally having a family and a home: heart eyes. My girl deserves only the best things, 'cause she went through so much pain at a very young age. She also needs to get academic success 'cause she's brilliant! Just absolute love for Maeve Wiley.
Her mum apologizing to her and giving her the money to go in America... I cried. That was one of the best moments in the season.
• I also enjoyed very much Isaac's development: him apologizing to Maeve for deleting Otis' message was very mature of him.
• Ola and Lily, my babies. Their journeys are stunning.
I loved the development of Ola's relationship with Jean and I cried of happines when Jakob tells her "You remember me the joy". Again, LOVE.
• Jean and Jakob = heart eyes. They love each other so much, even if they're quite different. But it doesn't matter at all because they both want one thing: being a family.
BUT... dear writers, the final cliffhanger in which baby Joy could not be Jakob's daughter... seriously, what the hell is wrong with you?!?
Just wait for season 4 to see what will happen, 'cause this made me a bit angry.
• Jackson Marchetti, my boy, finally being free to do whatever he wants.
Loved so much his dynamic with Viv, and with Cal too. It was interesting watching him exploring feelings for a queer person.
In the end I loved his dynamic with his mom: they went through so many difficult moments in season 2, they needed some happy moments!
• Cal Bowman, a character we needed even if we didn't know. Just love.
• Hope Haddon... I just want to say that she gave me Dolores Umbridge vibes. And that's all.
• Eric Effiong and Otis Milburn literally invented friendship, same thing for Maeve Wiley and Aimee Gibbs. I wish I had friendships like these. Love love love.
In conclusion, these are my thoughts on SEX EDUCATION 3. I am so happy it was renewed for a new season, 'cause this show is definetely one of the best ever made.
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herroyalbubbliness · 3 years
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Sex Education
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First, I want to give a special shout out for the Nigerian representation in this season.
As a Nigerian, I was so surprised when I saw Eric dancing to "Shake body by Skales."
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I mean even his dance was a vibe. I was screaming and so happy because most times when Nigerians are mentioned in foreign shows, we are always represented as "African" and I keep saying Africa is a continent, Nigeria is a country.
We have so many cultures in Nigeria and seeing the Yoruba culture so well represented here, I feel like a proud mama. We had "Fela, Sweet Mother, Fall by Davido, Joro by Wizkid, Attention by Tiwa Savage" and more playing.
From the aso ebi sown in beautiful styles like iro and buba, sokoto and fila, the beautifully tied geles to the Yoruba language that was spoken so well (especially when the woman complained about the small portion of stew given to her, that was hilarious and spot on). Thank you, thank you so much for this.
As always this was another beautiful season with so many heartfelt moments that left me teary-eyed.
I loved how some of the characters were fleshed out and we even got to know some of their backstories which helped us connect and appreciate their struggles more and their journeys to overcoming them.
I love how this show is always unafraid to shed light on different sexual issues, representations and so many other issues we have in reality, holding up the mirror to look at ourselves. I know this show has helped me to see things from another perspective.
The moment between Maeve and Aimee with Aimee saying let's be each other's moms🥺❤. The friendships in this show are just so beautiful.
I love that this show portrays healthy romantic and platonic relationships among flawed and growing characters. That's what makes it so relatable and educative because we are flawed in reality. Shows us we don't get to use our flaws as excuses. We can make an effort to work on and through our issues.
The moment between Dr. Jean Milburn and Mr. Micheal Groff was beautiful as she helped him open his eyes to see it is okay for men to cry. Do what you love that gives you joy, there are no 'gender roles'.
Adam Groff with Madam in the competition was so beautiful to watch, their performance getting recognised and the fact that his teacher and mom came, oh my heart. Especially considering he has been trying to figure out what he is good at. The sad part was when he told his mom not to tell his dad that he didn't win a 'proper' prize. The toxic cycle really needs to end.
Pls feel free to reply me with your favourite moment that touched you. There are so many for me.
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