The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are." - J.P. Morgan

I was baffled by this plot direction with Eddie same as you fam...

But I'm also SO intrigued.

Remember how this season started? WIth Christopher two-timing girls from school and Eddie being like "Oh no who did he get this from?"

Chris is emulating his father.

He got this from Eddie.

Not because he thinks his dad is a cheater, but because Eddie has set an example of how relationships with women work.

In Christophers early childhood his dad was always away and his mum was sad and struggling to cope. Then his dad returned and his mum suddenly left. Then his dad brings his mum back as a Christmas gift and bam, suddenly they're a family now. Not a family again, because they never been a family unit before. Everything should be perfect and yet something still feels off.

We know that while Eddie is ready to settle into married life, Shannon is not.

I personally think that when Shannon turned Eddie down, she did it because she knows that if not for Christopher being born, her and Eddie would never have stayed together. That while they love each other and Chris, they were never IN love and she wanted them both to have a chance at happiness.

Actually, come to think of it.... Holy shit... I don't think Eddie has ever BEEN in love.

Not that we've seen anyway!

He married Shannon because she got pregnant and every relationship he's had since then has been an exercise in Eddie trying to cram a new woman into his life and make her fit, only to panic, retreat or self sabotage when she doesn't. Or worse, when she DOES fit and he realises he doesn't love her.

Christopher has grown up and been there for all of this, and it's informing how he handles relationships with girls. As though they are interchangeable. As a means to fit someone into your life and make them your partner rather than find someone you actually like and who makes you happy.

I don't think this it's a coincidence we are where we are now at this point in the show. We've been building to this all season and it needs to happen because otherwise Eddie is going to keep repeating the same pattern over and over and over again for the rest of his life.

Going for 'safe' people he feels like will fill a hole in his heart while never allowing himself to fall in love so that he can never be hurt when they leave or he loses them.

He doesn't love Marisol. He wasn't in love with any of them. I think he loved Shannon but mostly because she was the mother of his child.

Eddie cheating is just another way this cycle is manifesting itself and once again he's going for a woman not because he's interested in who she is or getting to know her...but because she looks like Shannon.

Thinking maybe he can fix the mistakes of the past and be a different version of himself. This version of Shannon won't leave him and he won't abandon her. This one will stick around and yeah he won't love her but it will fix everything and they'll be a family right?

Eddie may not even be consciously aware that he's doing this.

Eddie needs to blow his life up and break this cycle.

Buck was a sex addict because he couldn't deal with his own self worth issues.

Eddie is a serial monogamist who can't let himself fall in love with anyone for fear of being hurt.

Interesting how their arcs mirror each other huh?

Let me be perfectly clear.

THIS drives me crazy:

Does anyone else get these suggested articles? They make me so mad, all the time, for various reasons. I don't click them anymore because I want to stop getting them. So to be fair, I haven't read this one. Specifically what I'm mad about this time is the beginning of the title: "After Fans Begged Kohei Horikoshi To End Manga..."

Do people not get how manga works? Each chapter is drawn, colored, and lettered individually. You are getting anywhere from 7-16 pages every week if you're lucky. That's not a lot! "It's taking too long"? Look at how it translates into an anime season. It's not all that fucking long actually! But the process is!

We are blessed enough to be able to get chapters every week because of technology. Before? You used to have to wait for the magazine or the actual physical copy of the manga to release. But because we are all about instant gratification, we've become ungrateful. But let me tell you: YOUR impatience should not have any sway or effect in the timeline of content creation. If it's taking too long for you, move on and come back when it's finished. Leave Hori alone. At the end of the day it's his story, not ours. We're just lucky that 1) he decided to share it and 2) that he met the right people to make it happen and what it is today.

Grow up.

And get off my news feed.

The Wait-And-See stage has started again thank Go... Sat... someone, and we know Neil is not going to give us any spoiler. But we forget that he's already told us the most important thing of all, over and over. He has told us that everything is going to be ok. And we know he's a Demon and he lies but, like our favourite (former) Demon he might lie but he keeps his word. He has told us everything is going to be ok and he has told that he chose 3 of songs in the ineffable playlist, one of which, he has told us, is The Book Of Love (I've got goosebumps just by writing that song title here). He told us long ago that he imagines Aziraphale and Crowley retired in a cottage in the South Downs. He's told us that he'll get us where we need to be, so don't worry, just enjoy the ride. The ride will be a roller coaster, the ride will make you laugh and will make you cry, the ride will have incredible highs and unbearable lows, the ride might break you. But it will get you there, and when you finally get there you'll be made whole again and the new whole you will be more than the sum of the broken parts. Like a gentle parent telling their child to not worry, it can be scary but it's worth it. Like a friend encouraging us to savour every moment without worrying of what lies ahead. Because what lies ahead will be ok. We just have to enjoy the ride that gets us there.

People who hope Absolution will give them answers about what Area X actually is clearly never have read Dead Astronauts.

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Me and my dog just went for a late night walk and wound up dancing together in the street when a bop came on my playlist, so if you’re reading this, this is your sign to go do something completely random and silly for no other reason than that life is short, and you deserve to smile.

We get one shot at this thing called life. Prepare for rainy days that will come for us all, but enjoy the ride.

We are all mirrors, and what you see in others reflects what you see inside you. - Daniel Saint

it's kinda funny how I see people complaining about collecting gold on palia and how slow it is and I totally would have agreed until I reached the point of the game where suddenly I have 70k effortlessly and nothing to spend it on. you're not supposed to have endless gold at the beginning. that's the point. saving up for the next upgrade is the fun and challenge of the game.

Every week we get a new layer of why Tim and Lucy work as a couple so well. This week was no exception. With Lucy recruiting her friends to come help her get Tim a better job. Including doing Smitty a favor to seal it. The slow burn we had for them has more than paid off IMO. Its proof every week we get to watch them. I’m honestly not sure why some are wanting more angst. We legit just got them. Also we had our angst early on this season. It was good and useful angst too. The best kind. It had its purpose and I enjoyed it immensely. It was productive. They don’t need lazy angst just to give them problems for no reason. They’re proving what a healthy relationship looks like. To be properly loved and respected by your partner. It reminds me of Castle and Beckett. One of the reasons I loved them so very much was they were one and done. The show continued around them as a couple. There was no unnecessary angst (except s8 but that’s whole another story if you watched it lol )

They just evolved and grew as a couple and characters together. That’s what’s happening with Tim and Lucy. It is possible to have your couple without unnecessary complications. Will they have bumps along the way? Of course that’s real life. But we’re watching them develop like a normal healthy couple. They can have challenges sure. To me the best part of them being together is they can face those things together, head on like the power couple we know they are. They’ve both grown so damn much since s1. Now they’re together. This is the fruits of that labor. Enjoy it. I sure as hell am. I can’t wait to see what else is to come for them.❤️

Intercom: We ask that you secure all small items before we take off.

Everyone: [stops what they're doing and grabs Bendy]

Boogey: Do you feel safe?

Bendy: ...I will beat ALL OF YOU!!!

Demons present are the properties of their owners: Bendy is from @kkolg , Boogey is from @sstvar , Lolligo is from @blottart414 , and Bells is mine.

Bendy just going to Bells later I thought we were FAMILY kiddo, why're you doing this to meeee...

Bells just responds "oh I know". Picture of utter innocence right there.

And shenanigans.

Still canon to me that Hearthstone doesn’t make facial expressions -- except when he and Blitzen are alone. 

(But truly I do think that Hearthstone makes facial expressions. I mean... ASL. It’s necessary. It’s part of the language. So even if he isn’t making the full expressions, the expression are still there. Maybe just subdued. Or... idk. Someone who uses ASL should hop on here I am really curious what they think about Hearthstone as a character.)

EDIT: Original post said “speaks ASL”, which is wrong. Switched to “uses ASL”, which is the correct way. Thanks to @minibunchesofoats for telling me!

Time. It’s an odd thing. From the minute we are born our clock starts. We never know when it will end. When we’re young we want to be older. When we’re older we reflect on our younger days. Enjoy your time and cherish every moment.

Summer memories 🚲