#Find me in Paris

[the-ballerina-battle]

Round One - Match Twenty-Six

Who is the best ballerina character?

#the-ballerina-battle #ballet #ballerina #ballerino #ballet dancer #balletcore #polls #poll #my poll #my polls #tumblr poll #tumblr polls #tumblr tourney #tumblr tournament #tournament polls #tournament poll #polls tournament #infinity train #grace monroe #find me in paris

[bethaven]

Paris, mon amour!

I know it's cheesy, but rewatching Emily in Paris made me think about how some of my favourite shows and films all have this city in common. I love Paris. Some people think it's highly overrated, but I'll always think there's something magical about it. Can't wait to go back!

(Ratatouille, Find me in Paris, Heartstopper season 2, Sex and the city season 6, Modern Family season 11, Emily in Paris)

#ratatouille #find me in paris #heartstopper #sex and the city #modern family #emily in paris #netflix #disney+ #hbo #paris

[beautifulscreaminglady]

Find Me in Paris fans: it looks like there's going to be a sequel series called Spellbound soon! It seems to be set in the same "world" as Find Me in Paris. Completely new cast other than Armando, and a focus on magic instead of timetravel.

Most importantly though, the main character, Cece, is Black.

#find me in paris #spellbound #also apologies if this has already started airing I can't find a schedule or exact dates anywhere

[lapluieellepleut]

Find me in Paris or how not to give a proper send off to a character

Find me in Paris tells the story of Lena, a girl from 1905, who ends up in 2018 because of Time Travelling. She is hunt down by the Bureau an organization who is controlling Time Travelling and time travelers. Lena not being in her time period constitutes for the Bureau an offense. She is also chase by the time collectors, outlaws time travelers who do not respect the rules of the Bureau and who are also hunted by him. In the meantime, Lena is trying to be a ballerina in the Opera of Paris.

Find me in Paris is one of those shows that have an endearing charm to it that make overlook all his flaws. But there one aspect of the show that i dislike a lot : it's how in season 3 they end the storylines of 4 characters in a very disappointing maner. This, probably way to long, post will approach the way the show handle the departure of Max, Thea, Pinky and Clive.

I want to preface that i don't know and don't want know the behind the scene details which led to the departure of the actors/characters. The writers have to work with a minimal time frame to make those exit, since 3/4 leave in the second episode of the season. It's wasn't an easy task. But the way they chose to send off those 4 characters wasn't great . I will now discuss each of them separately to explain why it's doesn't work for me and why i'm even mad at the way they handled those characters.

Max : After be one of the main love interest of Lena for 2 season, Max vanish at the start of season 3, leaving behind only a letter (accompanied by a voice over). After being seriously injured in season 2, he leave the school because he can't be cured. He is the only one we don't see on screen, only a montage of some of his scenes after Lena read his letter. His dream of becoming a dancer is now out of reach. A very depressing end for someone who was until that point one of the main characters. Max is in weird position because if you had asked me before that who is gonna end up with Lena, i was sure it's will be him. I'm not even a big fan of Max and Lena's relationship mainly because at the start of the show they were both in a relationship with someone else. But Max was the best of Lena's love interests: Henry, her boyfriend at the start of the show, was very tiring at times and Nico, a Bureau agent's introduced in season 3 is an interesting concept but it didn't work (at least for me). And the weirdest thing was that before Max left, it was clear that they would end up together. Max's father is also still in the series even after his departure.

Thea : After be for two season my favorite character, Thea chose to stay in 1905 to focus on her career. Alright, she was in 1905 in the first half of Season 2 and wants to go back to that time. In addition, her encounters with the Bureau leave her very afraid. So it makes sense that she wants to leave behind all this time traveling stuff and focus on her career right ? It's not like season 2 spent a lot of time trying to bring Thea back into present time. And also show her altering history and Lena fuming seeing that. Its also don't make sense that no one declare her disparition because, unlike season 2 where Lena and Ines where alimenting her social media account, no one do it in season 3. Pinky said she is on tour and that's it. And above all, it does not fit with the personality of Thea who until now don't give in on nothing. At the end of season 2 she wanted to live both in present time and 1905. Settling for less, for only 1905, was out for her character. Later in the season Frank said that he miss her and to quote him "the tour is only a few more months" implying that he is waiting for her. But that's it (the show had another love story in store for him). The funniest thing about her exit is: since Thea isn't in her proper time period now she can be a target for the Bureau...

Pinky : After Ines's had her memory erased by the Bureau, Pinky chose to not time traveling anymore. Since season 1, their love story has been built and it was interesting because Pinky was one of the time collectors and Ines Lena's best friend. After Pinky lose, as he said, the only girl he ever love he quit in episode 2. During episode 10 Ines regain her memory. One episode later she have a exchange with Franck and both of them are sorry for the loss of their respective love interest. I find Ines answer's strange when Franck said that he is sorry about Pinky to what Ines said "not talking about it". For all we know Pinky is still in the present. Why Ines don't try to reach to him ? And mind you it's in the same conversation that Frank says that he miss Thea and is waiting for her return form the tour, what Ines acknowledge. ... then few episodes later they start to date each other. The worst thing is : there are pretty cute together and work pretty well as couple. If we ignore the fact that Frank's friend that he see as his brother is somewhere sad that the love of his life lost all memory of him...

Clive: In the seventh episode of the season Clive go to the present with Claudine. He leave her there and mention going back in time to ride the dinosaurs then pass the portal to never be seen again...AND I WAS MAD... In season 2 Clive is erased by the Bureau and it's a huge deal for Frank to get him back. Finally after almost a season the trio of the time collectors will be reunited again...for Pinky to leave. But I was still hopeful the first time i watched the show. We didn't have Clive for most season 2 but we will have him for season 3....until episode 7 i guess...And Frank never ask about time again...

So to resume, for all we know : Max had to give up his dream, Thea is stuck in 1905, Pinky is wandering sad and alone in the present (meanwhile his bff is dating the only girl he had ever love) and Clive could have been eat by a dinosaur.

What all of those characters send off have in common : they never got an actual ending of their story. The show end without giving us a proper closure. If we have to keep the same exit for all of them there a solution to give them and us closure. At the end of the show Lena overtake the bureau and form a new bureau with Frank and Nico. Why not having a character saying that there are searching for a time period where Max injury's is curable or saying that Max is now is the futur and follow a traitement. Or if we don't want to involve Max in time travel why don't we see his father talk about him and say he's fine. For Thea you can have Lena fuming seeing all the change that she curently making for dance's history and that she will send someone to take her back in the present. For Clive, Frank find his painting and that he become a famous peintor in the past (referring to the painting of the time collectors painted by Clive in season 2). And for Pinky....actually he is one of the most screw up by the show (Max too but not in the same way)... so someone (maybe Henry ? Pinky helps him in season 2 and I don't see Frank mentioning him and i can't think of someone else speaking about him) can say he is doing fine traveling the world in the present ?

All to say that never really mentioning them again after their departure of the show was very strange. At least we have Jeff mentioning time to time that he miss Max and Thea...But he is the only (Jeff MVP of Find me in Paris). Maybe i'm over dramatic (just a little). But I like this show and its characters. When I watch the show again I wonder if I should stop at the end of season 2, but it's not really an ending. So I'm watching season 3 and I'm pissed off at how they treated these characters.

You have reached the end of my wanderings. See you somewhere in time !

#find me in paris #just finished rewatching the show #need to express my frustration

[i-really-like-plants]

I decided to watch the new enola homes movie and HANNAH DODD IS IN IT. Literally no one knows who she is but she’s in this show find me in Paris which is the greatest television I’ve ever seen in my goddam life I love her character so so much please watch this show it’s hysterical it’s literally about a time traveling ballerina please

#find me in paris #fmip #that plant talks! #enola holmes #enola 2 #literally Thea Raphael is so good I love her

[ladyvthompson]

Hannah Dodd at BAFTA's Pre-Party in London on February 2, 2023🖤

#hannah dodd #francesca bridgerton #bridgerton #anatomy of a scandal #enola holmes #sarah chapman #the eternals #find me in paris #bafta 2023

[petuniapolar]

The 75% of my problems with Find Me in Paris would have been fixed if Lena and Henri broke up and I'm not elaborating

#find me in paris #mine

[lulu-cat-princess]

It’s possible to make friends from another time

#bbc ghosts #find me in paris #night at the museum #meme #lost in austen #sleepy hollow #captain america the winter soldier #outlander

[clusterbuck]

this blog is not a safe space for henri duquet stans send tweet

#shush emma #find me in paris

[tiffthemarvelnerd]

I love how Thea Raphael was supposed to be the mean girl yet everybody in the community just adopted her as their fav.

#find me in paris

[hiding-under-the-willow]

Hello and welcome to some obligatory fanart of my favorite cringe fail comfort show that I have been obsessed with religiously since like 7th grade. Anyways I think these guys are so fucking funny

#atlas.art #artists on tumblr #find me in paris #the time collectors #i literally dont know what tags to use for this bc there is no fucking fandom #rewatching it for like the 10th time at this point

[bethaven]

#25 Summation, reflections and plans for 2024

Now that the calendar is over I want to wrap things up with some thoughts and facts about of what have been and what is coming.

The calendar

In this calendar I've written about 24 series that have meant something to me through my life. There are other series I might actually like more than some of them today, but they've all changed how I see things or how I feel about a certain subject. I started of with M*A*S*H, which will always be my all time favourite and which came into my life early. I ended with Julie and the Phantoms, which just recently came into my life and about which I still have a lot to learn. Some posts almost wrote themselves, while others needed some rewatches and reminiscing.

Here are all the posts:

#1 M*A*SH

#2 The Big Bang Theory

#3 Gilmore Girls

#4 Sex and the city

#5 Oc

#6 How I met your mother

#7 New Girl

#8 Please like me

#9 Modern family

#10 Glee

#11 Gossip Girl (2007)

#12 Miss Fisher's murder mysteries

#13 Tales of the city (2019)

#14 Hollywood

#15 Grace and Frankie

#16 Bridgerton

#17 Young Royals

#18 Emily in Paris

#19 Find me in Paris

#20 Sex Education

#21 Ginny and Georgia

#22 Heartstopper

#23 Xo Kitty

#24 Julie and the Phantoms

Other series/movies that were recommended in posts

Never have Iever, Angus, thongs and perfect snogging, Anne with an E, Queen Charlotte - a Bridgerton story, Younger, Girls, Skam, Élite, Skins, Atypical, Pose, A secret love, Boys in the band, Minx, Tales of the City (1993), More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Looking, Queer as folk, Glamorous, Orange is the new black, Everything's gonna be ok, Nanette/Something special/Douglas, The Good Place, Friends, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, How I met your father, Scrubs, Beverly Hills 90210, 90210, One tree hill, Dawso n's creek, Hart of Dixie, Young Sheldon, Gilmore Girls - a year in the life, Grown-ish, M*A*S*H (1970) and After MASH.

The list for 2024

I stream A LOT of media, and mostly series, some weeks up to 40 hours. This because I usually have something on in the background, it makes me focus even better. I work from home about half the time and the TV is always on, on these days. But it's normaly rewatches and comfort series and I have a hard time starting new ones. So, to help with this, my goal for 2024 is to complete a list of series I want to watch, but haven't dealt with yet. I might not complete them all if I don't like them, but the goal is to start them all.

The unlisted

The irregulars

Raising Dion

Cloak and Dagger

Never have I ever

Everything sucks

Heartbreak high

Elite

Derry Girls

Umbrella academy

Bodies

White Lotus

My life with the Walter boys

The Crown

Minx, season 2

Smiley

BONDING

Everything Now

Todas las veces que enamoramos

Dead to me, season 3

Love and anarchy, season 2

Cunk on earth

Survival of the thickest

Kitz

Julia

Parks and Recreation

The Flight Attendant

It's a Sin

Gentleman Jack

The Sex Lives of College Girls

The Comeback

This is us

Griselda

I'd love to get other tips you think I might like to add to the list! it's mostly Netflix, HBO Max and Disney+ that works, but feel free to tip on anything.

New seasons in 2024

Apart from new discoveries I'll surely get back to some old favourites from time to time. And some of them have some very interesting updates coming up.

Young Royals, season 3 (March)

Bridgerton, season 3 (May 16th and June 13th)

Emily in Paris, season 4

Heartstopper, season 3

Ginny and Georgia, season 3

Confirmed seasons but not confirmed year

Bridgerton, season 4

XO Kitty, season 2

That 90's show, season 2

Ginny and Georgia, season 4 (2025)

Thank you.

Thanks to all of you who've hade the patience to read at least one of these posts. I made them mostly for myself, to be honest, but I'm always glad if someone else enjoys it too! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you!

#mash #the big bang theory #gilmore girls #sex and the city #oc #how i met your mother #new girl #please like me #modern family #glee #gossip girl #miss fisher's murder mysteries #tales of the city #hollywood #grace and frankie #bridgerton #young royals #emily in paris #find me in paris #sex education #ginny and georgia #heartstopper #xo kitty #julie and the phantoms #bethaven's calendar 2023

[beepbeepdespair]

ok but i didnt know until now how good french tv, or at least stuff ive watched on french tv that might have been english originally, was. i cant understand a word but i love it??? so far ive gotten into gawayn, caïn, find me in paris, idk the name of this one but its about adopting animals, the jungle bunch and theodosia and im waiting for holly hobbie to come on at some point cos i saw an advert for it and it looked good <3 this is the most tv ive watched in years

#beep beep gets personal #personal #textpost #text post #tv #television #french tv #france #french #gawayn #caïn #find me in paris #léna rêve d'étoile #the jungle bunch #theodosia #holly hobbie

[imkittyjustkitty]

i need to stop watching shows and immediately acting queer and like a fanfic writer about it-

like im re-watching find me in paris and like.... lena.... inez.... im such a queer lil fanfic writer i need to stop bc the way i am SO CLOSE to starting to write for them

#ACTUALLY ALSO THEA I ALREADY HAVE A FIC IDEA OH BOY #i love them sm i cant not write for them honestly #look out bc once i get a chance im gonna add find me in paris and ride the cyclone to the list of things i write for /srs #but as long as we can hear that little blue bird — my rambles #lena grisky #ines le breton #find me in paris #thea raphael

[i-really-like-plants]

I feel like the best comparison of find me in Paris to any other show is Buffy

Like they both have awful love interests for the main character, some just plain annoying characters, even some bad seasons and unhinged plots but then you fall in love with the side characters and it’s like the funniest weirdest thing you’ve ever seen and it’s just so freaking enjoyable i just love it.

#that plant talks! #find me in paris #fmip #buffy #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs

[lapluieellepleut]

#find me in paris #lena grisky #léna rêve d'étoile #la pluie elle pleut art