I didn’t know how much I needed that until it was over. I honestly almost forgot stories could do that. that no one has to die in the final act for it to be meaningful. that it doesn’t have to be angst-riddled for it to make an impact. that you can have the happiest goddamn ending imaginable – give everyone, every character, exactly what they want – and earn every second. every single exultant moment.
god did they earn it.
it just filled me with light. that’s the only way I can describe it. it filled me with so much light and for someone who’s been really disheartened with the world lately I can’t even begin to tell you how invaluable that is. stories matter. I honestly in-my-soul believe it’s one of the most importantly human things we do and this one was full of love and hope and so much laughter and it felt like a win, didn’t it? Griffin told us we would. and we did. and we’re gonna.
you know that MBMBaM thing they always say? “No bummers”?
that’s TAZ man. no bummers. a MILLION HAPPY TEARS sure. but bummers?
IIRC she to “sue” (it was like a dollar) because her insurance wouldn’t pay for the cost of the hospital stuff until there was a law suit to address damages. Hence her smiling like it’s a goofy thing.
Oh well jeez. >:/ MEDIA RAGE
Yeah, it emerged afterwards that this was a lawsuit to try to trigger a homeowner’s insurance claim to cover medical bills, and that Connell remains on perfectly good terms with her nephew with no actual stress or tension within the family.
Yeah, this is a case of someone getting fucked over by health insurance and using their own loophole against them.
The media loves this narrative of people filing “ridiculous” lawsuits but actually MOST of those stories are distorted bullshit.
Wow, I never knew the full context of the story. I just heard it vaguely on Buzzfeed or wherever and thought “Wow, what a bitch.”
‘Frivolous lawsuits’ are a myth invented by unethical corporations to discredit the consumers and laborers they’ve screwed over.
Karolina Żebrowska’s “Beauty Through The Ages” video shows not only on the glamorized versions of women but also the real, middle and lower class women as they lived in the past century.
Reblogging again because this is the ONLY “fashion through time” video that does it right. All the others glamorize/modernize the eras WAY too much, esp. considering they’re claiming historical accuracy. This is the only one that truly nails it.
Most of the posts I’ve seen so far remember and praise Carrie Fisher for always being fearless, for speaking her mind without shame, for not being afraid to age or expose herself or whatever, and while we absolutely must draw inspiration from that, I think it’s a somehow erroneous message. If you’ve read her books, you know the opposite is true. She was insecure, and afraid, she had body image issues from a young age, the digs from the media and the public about her body or her life did hurt, she always talked in a self-deprecatory way about herself (yes, to be funny, but that’s also the mark of someone who’s really very insecure), she never believed she could be a cool, popular girl. And on top of that, she had a mental illness and addictions that accentuated all those feelings.
But see, that’s what I personally find more inspiring than saying she was “fearless”: the fact that she wasn’t, but she didn’t let it stop her, ever.
“Shuri, the 16-year-old sister of T’Challa who’s head of the Wakanda Design Group, as being “the smartest person in the world, smarter than Tony Stark.” She sort of acts as Q to T’Challa’s James Bond, providing gadgets and know-how to assist in his duties. One of those gadgets is an updated costume.”
Black Panther producer Nate Moore’s description of Shuri
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