Okay, also, I really love all the incredible friendship dynamics between the four "besties." They are clearly not all into the same things, but they seem genuinely supportive of and excited about each other's interests/talents. So often in shows set in high school, they have characters scoff at/disparage their friend's interests that don't align with theirs and use it as a source of conflict. This isn't done at all in the show & I love it. Instead it's like- Spoon immediately recognizing Mickey's love of basketball and hyping him up about it, Ema showing up for Spoon's audition & supporting him when he's panicking, Spoon being amazed & excited & even stepping back and giving Ema the spotlight when she joins in (and being so excited about her being cast in the lead role), Ema coming to Mickey's basketball tryouts to cheer for him (Spoon, too, but he seems to have an official role that required him to be there, but Ema seems to have shown up just for Mickey), Rachel & Spoon & Ema all immediately being excited to go to Mickey's basketball party, Ema & Spoon being so enthusiastic about Rachel's cheer routine, Spoon wanting to learn some of the dance & Rachel teaching him. I just love a supportive friend group! Mickey's a bit less involved in his friend's extra-curricular life (though I want to recognize that he's very supportive/protective of them in other ways), mostly because he's so embroiled in the mystery plot that it takes up a lot of his screen time, but I really hope we get a chance to see him more in this capacity in a possible (please) season 2.
have not read the book(s? don't even know if there's more than one) but as a viewer of Harlan Coben's Shelter the funniest thing that's happened so far is the Bat Lady photoshopping that picture of a currently living man's face onto a nazi and convincing Mickey there was some immortal nazi only for his history teacher to be like ".......no."
I actually love how batshit (pun intended) the plot of Shelter is but my favourite silly little plot point from the finale is that Bat Lady could hear Brad calling her name every night but apparently in four whole months he didn’t think to shout anything useful like HEY BATS I’M IN THE CREEPY ROOM IN THE CREEPY TUNNELS
I can't stop thinking about how refreshing Rachel's character is. Like it is so common for her stereotype (popular, beautiful, cheerleader) to be portrayed as ditzy (mostly older media) or b*tchy (newer media). And don't get me wrong, I can enjoy a popular, unapologetic mean girl, but the arrogant/sassy cheerleader trope has absolutely been done to death in tv in the past 15 years. I just adore that Rachel is genuinely a great human being. She comes off as that kinda ditzy/shallow stereotype when you first meet her in episode 1, but she shows so much depth, strength, and compassion through the rest of the season & I love that she's part of the main group by the end.
I was watching 'Revelation' and I noticed something interesting
If you look closer at Adrien's lunch tray, you can see something very peculiar included in his meal choices
There's a whole large stack of camembert just sitting there on his tray, just out in the open for his friends to see, and being as how it has been inferred that Adrien doesn't like Camembert, this must be so confusing for them to watch.
Just imagine the bewildered and baffled faces of Marinette, Nino, and Alya as Adrien piles on the cheese onto his platter, only for him not to touch it and then surreptitiously toss it all into his backpack.