i think that one of the reasons i saw the tv glow is so compelling is that the story at face value, before even considering the trans metaphor (which enhances the story over-all), is just fucking cool. A Story about two people who May or May Not be from an alternate universe where they have superpowers and are currently being buried alive, only able to to know or see their previous lives through a tv show? where they're being forced to live alternate, worse lives that are slowly killing them both metaphorically and physically?? dude it's just cool it's cool all the way down
me if u even care…
one thing im noticing abt ‘i saw the tv glow’ at the very beginning is how beautiful it is that maddy loves tara so much. that she says tara is super hot and badass and how she cries when tara beats the shit out of the monster of the week. how she loves this version of herself so much and she does not yet understand that it is her.
Who said I'll be alone on Valentine's day? I get to see my cannibalistic soccer team after two years again
guys i did something
oh wyatt callow, the boy who weighed everyones odds in the arena and still threw himself in front of a blade for lou lou, knowing hers too.
canonically lesbian ships are like “erm!! I like this girl…. and its so weird >_<!!” and then queerbaited lesbian ships are like Are you quoting beaches at me right now? Im not jealous of you, Jackie. I feel sorry for you. Because you’re weak, and I think that deep down you know it. And i’m sure that everyone back home is so fucking sad to be losing their perfect little princess! But they’ll never know how tragic, and boring, and insecure you really are. Or how high school was the best your life was ever gonna get.
saw someone point out that in jackie's death dream she imagined shauna the way she's always seen her: kind, gentle and full of nothing but love for jackie, even though that version of shauna never completely existed, whereas shauna hallucinated a version of jackie that was incredibly mean and only made jokes at shauna's expense and acted like she's above shauna in every way, when that version of jackie never completely existed either. but both of those versions were the warped way they perceived each other. day ruined
sunrise on the reaping is just this onion headline over and over again:
the lesbiversal experience of gay panic when the girl you like makes eye contact with you
Speaking of Ethel Cain, I miss Hayden’s presence on this app so much.
Obviously, her reasons for logging off should always be completely respected but really missing the hours upon hours I’d spend just scrolling through her page just to read her “ask me anything” responses. She is so eloquently spoken and knowledgeable about the topics she speaks on; I can only hope to eventually reach just half of her reflective capacity. And also, obviously, her lyrical and storytelling genius like no other; it is actually mind blowing. Truly one of the greatest artists of our generation. No one does it like her.
(And if she’s not sharing the sacred secrets to her craft, she has me laughing till my stomach hurts with her responses)
MotherCain, we absolutely do not deserve you but I hope you return one day ily 💔 so excited for the new album coming up.