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Life has been stressing me out lately and I’m looking for another show that will feel deeply comforting. Pretty Little Liars was definitely my comfort show in high school. I’m looking for something similar but without so much suspense. Here are the elements of PLL that I loved:

1 Dark, moody, perpetual fall and rain
2 Very atmospheric
3 Something I could really get lost in
4 Cool outdoor lighting and warm indoor lighting (I still dream of the coffee shop and the restaurant they were always going to)
5 Small town as its own “character”
6 High school vibes - actual classroom/lunchroom scenes; friend group dynamics
7 Characters constantly ordering takeout
8 Also constantly drinking coffee lol
9 Difficult yet sometimes rewarding relationships with complicated and outlandish families
10 Friendship as a central theme. Friendships you can get invested in and root for and follow throughout all the seasons
11 A lot of storms
12 Every song on the soundtrack making you feel like you’re in a coffee shop on a drizzly November afternoon
13 Can you tell I’m big on weather? I used to go over to my friend’s house to watch it and we would try to time it so that we were watching it during storms as often as possible🥲
14 I love that they’re working to solve a mystery, and a little fear is okay, I just don’t want my heart to be pounding like in those huge moments of drama and suspense (the clock tower, the woods cabin, etc.)

All of these elements came together to really create a FEELING. I think that’s why I loved this show so much. I hope someone knows what I mean😂 PLL was my escape during some incredibly difficult teenage years, and I will always remember it for the haven it provided me.

Edit: Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions and sweet comments, you’re all so cute🥹 I’ve never posted in this sub before now and it’s genuinely one of the kindest places I’ve come across on Reddit.

Like everyone here, I adore spiciness and typically can’t get enough. But when it comes to my period, I never crave spice. It is the ONLY time of the month when I don’t eat spicy, and I cannot figure out why. It’s not that my tolerance goes down, but that I become almost repulsed by the idea of it. Anyone else experience something like this??

I’m a first time watcher, so no spoilers please!

The fact that Fitz chose Vermont for the house’s location goes to show how much he and Olivia’s relationship is pure fantasyland. She mentioned that in another life they would’ve lived in Vermont ONCE (or maybe twice I forget) in hyperbolic and facetious statements while making a different point in a fight.

And then when he was deciding where to build a house for them, he didn’t base the location on ANYTHING logical, just the literal fantasy that Olivia had referenced in passing.

First of all, that is manchild behavior. But second of all, to me his decision is symbolic of how unfeasible and unstable the possibility of a legitimate relationship between them actually is. It has no basis in reality. He could build her fantasy house specifically in Vermont simply because he had the money to do whatever he wanted, not because it made any kind of sense to choose that as the location. (What about Olivia’s career? What about Fitz’s THREE KIDS?? Etc.) But it didn’t matter, because it was never going to happen anyway. To build the house at all was to indulge in childish fantasy, so why NOT go ahead and build it in their fantasy state?

And when they stood in that house, looking around in silence the moment after Fitz told Olivia that he’d built it for her back when it had seemed like there was a real chance of them being together - that was one of the most powerful moments of the show so far.

They were completely surrounded by everything they could never have.

Theirs is the type of relationship that is an ongoing, infinite heartbreak, even as it’s happening, because even when they’re together, they’re grasping at smoke. Even when it’s in their hands, they can never truly hold it. No matter how much they look at each other or touch each other or speak to each other or even love each other, it will not bring them together.

I get why some people interpreted this moment as romantic, but to me, it was nothing but tragic.

If I were Olivia, I would’ve broken down sobbing seeing everything I wanted so incredibly close to me (literally) and yet knowing that it could never be mine.

These two are living out Shakespearian levels of pain with their doomed love, and to me, that moment in the house perfectly encapsulated it.

Why tf did she drop out of the race instead of exposing what Candace did? Why did she take the fall for her? As an older sister, if my little sister sabotaged my entire PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN by being self-centered and stupid asf, yeah I would’ve let her publicly take the blame for it, gladly, in fact. I would’ve been mad as hell.

But I guess Josie’s decision makes sense considering that Candace had demonstrated her naïveté multiple times before and Josie always cared more about employing her than winning the nomination. I also understand that Candace actually being Josie’s daughter may change things in a way I can’t imagine as someone who doesn’t have any kids myself. And Josie dropping out made sense for the plot so that Olivia could go back to Fitz when he committed to investigating Remington blah blah.

Josie was a strange bird anyway. There was something very off about her, or maybe I just didn’t like the way that Lisa Kudrow talks/acts (although I must admit it was iconic and hilarious to see Phoebe getting fixed by Olivia Pope). Based on how Josie was in interviews and debates etc., she definitely would’ve had my vote, but behind the scenes, she was so fucking entitled and rude to Olivia all the time, my jaw literally dropped at how she treated her. She actually kind of came off as really psychologically unstable and scary to me.

As someone with venophobia, this was one of the worst things I have ever seen on television. I felt sick the rest of the episode and could barely focus on any other scene (cyrus and Mellie scheming to manipulate Daniel Douglas was at least a welcome distraction). I was disgusted, disturbed, horrified. And I have to get a blood test later this week. Don’t hmu

I’m a new watcher and after I finished season 1, I posted a massive list of my top 50 thoughts and reactions. I was going to do the same for season 2, HOWEVER, seeing as this season has significantly more episodes, my list would no doubt exceed 50 and simply become a novel. Like, you have to understand that I have SO MANY THOUGHTS and we would be here all year.

Therefor, I’ve elected to do something else entirely. I still really like lists, but this time I’m giving you all a season 2 crush check - aka an unsolicited (and perhaps controversial) list of my Scandal crushes at this particular point in the series, since it’s such a big cast with so many crush-worthy options and since it’s pride month and I’m a bisexual slut at heart (yes we really do exist). Without further ado…💘💘🌈💞💞💞

1. Quinn - oh Quinn, the woman you are🤤 Katie Lowes is the reason I started watching Scandal. She will always be my #1. Perfect body, big brown eyes, gorgeous hair, sexy voice…literally a dream. (After that last episode I was kind of shocked by her though. Like this girl took a HARD left. I can’t believe we went from “who is Quinn Perkins” at the beginning of the season to her drilling a hole in someone at the end😭)

2. David - Quinn is my forever crush but David is my current #1. Maybe an unconventional pick, but this is real, this is me. I love a smart and sensitive NJB with a strong moral compass. I liked how he was with Abby. And it’s clear he can be both dominant and submissive, which is very hot. The Abby relationship unlocked something and he became very sexy to me from that point forward.

3. Mellie - DUHHHHH. God she’s beautiful. Her subtle southern charm thing is so alluring. Her eyes alone convey so much emotion. And damnit she deserves better!!!

4. Jake - a pretty man is almost always gonna get points with me. He’s such a great balance of masculine and feminine. I like him better than Fitz and I like him with Olivia better than I like Fitz with Olivia. Sue me.

5. Billy - I never found him attractive in season 1, but when he came back in season 2 all villain-arced and evil, something about that really did it for me. Like he was always destined to be the bad guy and he was finally living his unhinged truth. Idk.

6. Stephen - Stephen if you’re out there I still remember you. I mourn the loss of his presence (not just bc he was charming and sexy, but bc he was a great character and I genuinely don’t understand why he left. [Now I’m like wait…do Abby and I have the same taste in men?])

7. Charlie - I can see him becoming hotter as the show goes on

8. Olivia - she’s incredibly pretty but her personality annoys me at times. She’s so stuck in her self-destructive ways it PMO

9. Huck - only at very specific moments

10. Cyrus - only at VERY specific moments!!!🫣 I know, even I question my own sanity

11. Fitz - I guess. After season 1, I probably would’ve placed him at two or three on this list, but his true colors - aka the way he treats Olivia and Mellie - came out very quickly in season 2, and that made him lose his allure for me. He’s a ten but he’s an entitled prick who treats the women in his life like shit? He’s a two. The way he treats Mellie goes without saying; he is vile to her. And when it comes to Olivia, sure, he loves her, but he’s always throwing fits and commanding things like he owns the world. When she was in the hospital and he said, “I DEMAND. THAT YOU FORGIVE ME,” to say I got the ick would be an understatement. Girl if I were her, I would’ve turned around and slapped that man. No one is gonna “demand” that I do shit! It was the same tone in the season finale when he said, “YOU WILL BE MY FIRST LADY.” 🙄 He may as well be telling her, “I AM THE ALPHA.” And those are just two examples; more often than not, that’s his whole vibe with her. No thank you. When you make me place you below CYRUS of all freaking people, that’s how you know you’ve done irreparable damage. He was sexy before he opened his mouth though so whatever.

I know Ariana has been through a lot with Manchester etc., but honestly many artists have trauma and I don’t see anyone else’s fanbase so obsessed with their fav “healing”. Is this something Ariana started or did it originate with the fans? I genuinely don’t get it, especially seeing as she is clearly suffering from a SEVERE mental illness. How is a “healed” person showing their entire skeleton? When they talk about healing, what are the even referring to? Bc from my view it seems like they’re literally dedicated to saying the exact opposite of reality.

I was prescribed to take it during the last two weeks of my cycle by my doctor as my levels were low. Second night taking it rn but omg is it supposed to feel like I smoked?? Cuz I’m high asfff off this shit rn😂😂😂 is this supposed to happen? Like what is going on

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