it's really just something deeply depressing about s4 as a whole that we're meant to believe 6 months of shiv not being around and tom and greg going out for drinks and whatnot wasn't enough of a catalyst for them. like yes it is literally the whole point of the show but it's like god this is the WORST timeline! or ONE of the worst! because tom and greg objectively love each other and care for each other in a specifically homosexual romantic way which literally none of the other characters do, and yet even now they're so strung out. tom is still pathologically unable to accept and/or express his desire for greg in a straightforward way. how many Ruined Moments must they have had, huh? after all this time, all this stuff between them... and frankly it would be worse to assume that they DID culminate something offscreen or whatever bc then knowing what's happened onscreen, that would be like reverse development. so the best possible reading is just a fucking tragedy. and once again, yeah, duh, the point. i'm just saying i'm fucking sad lol
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Things the 60 yr old receptionist at my job does during a workday
Organizes post-meeting food alert chain
Shares intimate personal details with her favorite delivery guy
On my first day had already reserved the opportunity to introduce me to my coworker who has the same first name as me (not a notably uncommon name)
Brought a barbecue dinner in for someone? Not clear on the details
Watches julie andrews performances on youtube really loud for like 2 hrs at a time
Attends womens torah study group on zoom with no headphones
Burps a lot and really loud
Stops by my desk to detail how chocolatey her daily chocolate chip cookie was to me (i pick it up for her on my coffee run its fine)
Practices singing (she has piano backing i think someone plays keys for her on zoom) (might be a youtube backing track idk im close enough to hear its happening but not to identify the songs)
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🔥+ benvi because i feel that rant was so personal 👀
This is my favorite thing to talk about ever:
So benvi has become like one of my all time favorite ships. Childhood Academic rivals to reluctant friends to lovers is a god tier trope. They encapsulate everything I love in a ship.
1. They understand each other:
Example of this is in season 1 when Ben gets Fabiola and Eleanor to talk Devi into going to spread her dads ashes and make up with her mom. Ben knew that they were the only people who could get her to go. He also understood just how important it was for her to go.
Another example of this is all the subtle looks they give each other, especially in class.
2. They make each other better:
They do this through many things, one of the things being their academic rivalry. Through their competitiveness they have managed to make each other better and more well rounded students. They push each other to work harder and better.
They also just make each other better people in general. The closer Ben and Devi got the more Ben began to break out of his “asshole” persona and become a more likable person. He also got more confident in himself and his ability to make friends. Also standing up to his parents was huge and that was in large part due to Devi.
Through their relationship/ friendship Devi has been forced to start to grow a little. Ben pushing her to make amends with the people she has wronged (her mom, Aneesa). He has helped her start to heal! Ben has helped her become a less selfish person.
3. They have similar goals and ambitions:
They both want to go to Ivy League schools and plan on having somewhat high powered careers . (I’m partial to them going into a STEM type of career but that’s just me).
4. They are able to be themselves around each other.
The times Devi’s true personality comes through is when she is with Ben. She doesn’t ever have to put up a front to try to “be cool”. She allows her walls to come down and to be vulnerable with him. Something that she has never done with Paxton. She trusts Ben completely and that he is the one person who she feels like she can really talk to.
Same thing with Ben, he is way more comfortable with Devi than he is with anyone else. He is a kind and wonderful person and Devi is one of the only people to always see that side of him. Even before they were friends he expressed concern for her and knew when something was wrong with her. She alone is one of the only people that really knows how his relationship with his parents really is.
They are each other’s best friends!!
Also, the use of this line when Devi kisses Ben kills me, “All my life I’ve been hiding myself, just waiting for a boy like you”
I don’t know if this was intentional or not but this line really solidifies just how vulnerable Devi is with Ben. She hides herself from everyone, except Ben.
5. The banter!!!
The slightly insulty banter with the underlying sexual tension… there truly is nothing else like it.
6. THEIR INSANE CHEMISTRY!!!!!!!
In conclusion, these two are the pure definition of soulmates. This ship is so superior to d*xton is every way. I am incapable of being normal about them and I make zero apologies for it.
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I am resisting the urge to go and rewrite some beginning chapters of fics I have already posted and are ongoing, seeing as I look back on them and am like my writing has improved so those early chapters are not currently up to my standards or something. But like at the same time I SHOULD KEEP MOVING FORWARD and it would be hella time consuming rewriting them.
But then I look back or get a comment that points out a lil iffy thing I had written out and I'm like 'rewrite rewrite rewrite' >_<
Like, something I wrote back in 2021 is obviously different from how I write now. Especially since I have written so much and learned as I went about what I liked and what worked. You can probably see my progression in that fic as you keep reading, which is interesting to be able to visibly see it. BUT MY MIND IS LIKE REWRITE and essentially jazz it up and fix errors that I missed before.
BUT THATS TIME CONSUMING AND ALSO FEELS JUST A TAD MEAN TO MYSELF...but like would be so satisfying to do.
Then there is the fact that I'll probably feel like this in a year or two in the future about things I've written now and posted, and then we have this cycle repeating all over again.
This makes me consider writing a whole fic and finishing it before uploading anything on Ao3, which would be cool to have something finished ready to put out (meaning an actual consistent updating schedule). But at the same time I like the updating as I go and seeing ppl's excitement and feedback in comments is really fun and helps with motivation. Like they get to be a part of the progress in a way.
Anyways this is something I just have been twisting and turning in my head like a cat with a thing of yarn.
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I have to sign up for uni courses today. But that involves so many steps.
I have to check which courses I still have to do something in. (Like write a paper or give a presentation or just get my attendance confirmed).
I have to check how many credits I got rn.
I have to check if any courses on my todo list need more credits (could still attend but then it'll be a bit more bureaucratic work and docents/profs could just say no).
This would leave me with a list of courses I can do this semester. With that list I do to the website.
And then I check each of those courses.
Look up the names of people doing the courses and the course descriptions to weed out those I definitely do not want to attend.
Check the times of courses against each other.
Put all (usually 5 to 10 different) versions of the course in a priority order.
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It's going to be a busy couple of days.
Today babe's best friend and his girlfriend are coming over for dinner, board games & movie night. Tomorrow it's babe's birthday, so we're going out to dinner and the movies. Saturday we're moving birb to my parents' place- me staying there overnight. My cousin just texted me if I could get her a couple of things before we drive up to Italy next week, so I have to pick up that order as well. I already made a packing list and cleaning schedule.
The secretary in me has awoken, loool
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