u/Probablyatrashpanda

I'm a new SLC watcher. I started sometime last year ( before Mary's TLC doc came out ), and now i'm watching season 6.

I don't like Mary, I think she is hysterical though. However watching her try to do what she can with Robert Jr and knowing what's going to come, I cannot stop crying every time there's a scene with them.

I think what's making this worse is the fact that I know the outcome.

Even though my mom and i were still trucking through season 1 at that time, I'd seen Robert Jr had passed away in February.

I don't care who you are, whether or not I like you. Losing a kid is one of the most tragic, earth shattering, heartbreaking things that can ever happen to a person.

I just hope, she's doing alright. Taking the steps she needs to do in order to keep from drowning in grief. I get all people grieve differently, but losing anyone will take a toll on your mental health.

My mom and i started watching SLC about probably a year ago?

We're on season 5 right now, episode 10. We just watched the new episode of UGT and I wanted to give my opinions on the cast. I feel like its timeeee.

I'm just gonna talk about the girls, give my opinions and if you don't agree, COOL! They're opinions you don't have to like them! If you agree, COOL!

I'm not gonna speak on Bronwyn because I feel like i have to give her a fair chance and since we ( my mom and i ) are barely on episode 10 of the show, I don't think I can.

SO LET'S START:

Lisa Barlow: I was actually not a fan until recently. Lisa....seemed shallow and her hot mic moment really didn't help. It also felt like, every time anyone had a problem she somehow made it about herself. I'm still not like a massive die hard Lisa fan, but I find myself taking more her side than anyone else's now. The group ( with the exception of Meredith right now ) just seems to gang up on her. Like she shits and somehow offended one of her cast mates. It cannot be fun to be the one constantly picked on/ganged up on. I get it, its the nature of the show, there's always someone that the cast bullies but I mean it takes a toll on a person's mental health whether the show is scripted or not.

Mary Cosby: I think about 2 weeks ago, I wrote a post about finishing season 2 and not liking Mary's whole attitude during that season. She went from likeable, to like insufferable. She made racist comments, she was just pure mean that season. I dunno, I just didn't much care for her. Yes she is funny because she's just blunt and blurts things out; but after watching the cult documentary on TLC and it going hand and hand with how she acted in season 2, I dunno she just lost her charm. That scene where she's talking about someone's kid from her church dying made me laugh because I didn't think she was being serious, and after watching the documentary and learning that it was real i felt bad even thinking it was even remotely funny. That's someone's child. You don't make a joke out if their death. For me, she lost all her charm. She's funny don't get me wrong, but thats all she is. Is funny.

Heather Gay:.....I don't particularly know how I feel about Heather. On one hand I'm like, the girl just wants to fit in. I can relate to that struggle. She has made some questionable judgement calls. But like, haven't we all? The thing that gets me though, is that I feel like......she wants into the " in crowd " and will do whatever it takes to make sure she's considered one of the popular ones. She went from feeling authentic to feeling super fake and super superficial.

Meredith Marks: When I first started watching, i found her to be a snob and actually got her and Lisa confused all the time 🤣. However towards the end of season 1 I honestly really liked her. So I have no issues or beef with her. The only thing i will say is I am not particularly fond of her kids nor Seth, but to each their own 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Whitney snot-nosed Rose: Probably one of my least favorites from the cast. I had commented on a post a couple of weeks ago, about Whitney and why I think she annoyed me ( I was on season 3 at that time ). You know how when a toddler/kid comes to you to tattle? When they come up to you, because of them crying and trying to process everything, they gasp a lot. Like a lot a lot. An annoying amount. They just breathe too much 😭. Yeah that's what Whitney sounds like when she's " calling out the truth ". Like a child trying to tattle, but can't catch their breath. When she isn't drunk " calling out the truth ", its these cringe like " God gave me the ability to strip 🖕🏻 " or the " You want to see a healed Whitney? Fuck you Lisa Barlow 🖕🏻 ". Super cringe 😐 Girl you look so stupid. Then she tries to play Nancy Drew and solve all these rumors and mysteries. Just stop. You look dumb. Like she's acting like she's in high school and not a grown ass adult. Like legit, so that episode in Palm Springs, at the dinner party for Bronwyn's 10 year anniversary. Why did she have to point at Seth and laugh at what he was wearing and snicker and make fun of him to Angie? What did Seth do to her? Then when they were playing the Newly Wed Game, why did she pick Meredith? Literally Meredith didn't do anything 😭? She deserved to be called a bitch by Seth because she was acting like one and asking for proof. He gave her proof.

Jen Shah: I ruined her story/plot by accident. I was watching a documentary about the dark side of Real Housewives. They dove into a lot of the past scandals including hers. This was before starting SLC, so when we ( my mom and i ) started it I personally went in with a horrible perspective of her. By the end of season 3, I went kind of neutral. Now, I dunno if its the shows script or whatever but like, season 2 and 3 softened her out a bit. I wasn't there for the outward drama ( the abuse of her employees and such ), so unless it was aired at the reunion or brought up in the season all I knew was what she did with the elderly. I do think she's guilty and she should feel horrible about what she did. But I hope she's doing better mentally and has had a real change of heart/character. Maybe I'm just being naive though. She is still one of my least favorites from the SLC franchise!

Jennie Nguyen: I kind of liked her at first! I thought she was witty and funny. However as the season played out and googling early on as to why she wasn't brought back ( those racist remarks ) I just kind of disliked her. You know, tracking back to Whitney, let's go back to season 2. Whitney told Meredith that Lisa was the one who was questioning her dad's memorial. But it was actually Jennie who started it by saying " Do we actually believe that Meredith went? " then everything snowballed. No one called Whitney out for that nor acknowledged that Jennie was the one who started it, it got pinned on Lisa. After the season finished and I watched the reunion, Jennie just left a bad after taste.

Monica Garcia: I hated how she came in. Trying to make Jen her storyline to begin with, with the whole " I was an informant for the FBI on Jen " blah blah blah. Then she literally shamed Lisa for being rich. I get it, most of us cannot relate to the struggles of the rich, but like don't shame someone for being rich 😭! You're around a bunch of rich women, you're in their world. She made herself sound so jealous. All that being said, I actually liked her. Was the burn book cringe as fuck? Yes but i enjoyed every moment she was on. She read Lisa to filth ( Lisa did deserve some of what she got that season, not all of it ). Like genuinely I enjoyed her messy. I wish they would've brought her back but I understand why they didn't. The only things i didn't like was those two mentioned and her gets upset iver Heather not wanting to talk about her or her daughters sex life. Like idk, maybe its because i grew up religious or i'm just no fun, whatever the case, I hate talking about sex. I do. Let alone talking about my kids sex life ( im child free 🤣 ). I've had my sister just tell me about her sex life, i've had friends do it and I hate it. It makes me uncomfortable. I don't want to know and I don't think anyone should know mine 😅 but that's just my opinion and why I sided with Heather on that one.

Angie Katsanevas: When she came on in season 3 in a friend role, I didn't much care for her. I felt bad she got champagne poured over her head. Did not think it was funny. But I dunno...she just seemed kind of fake and wanting to be liked. I don't find her funny. I think its ironic how she's mad at Heather ( on the season i'm on ) over Heather telling Lisa that Angie said something about Lisa's parenting. She's claiming she told her in confidence, but so did Lisa when Lisa went to Angie and Heather about her issue with Whitney. Angie went and told Whitney because Angie felt that Lisa owed Whitney an apology, Heather did the exact same thing 🤷🏻‍♀️. In the 2.5 seasons she's been in ( I'm not really counting her friend role in season 3 ) she has not warmed up to me.

All this to say, I realize most of the show is scripted. I wanted to post this because of people saying Lisa didn't seem genuine in the new episode of UGT. I feel like she did though, considering most of the cast gang up on her i feel like its a breath of fresh air for her.

I dunno if most people would agree with me, but this is how I feel about things so far in the season I'm on :)!

I was buying digital games there for a bit, because i was being lazy and not wanting to move from point a to point b to change out my games. Then the whole sony thing happened so I started buying physical copies again ( I never completely stopped btw ).

I'm from the US. I swear to GOD I was hunting everywhere for an N.A. release of the game and if I had just googled it would have realized the US never saw a physical release.

After I googled it and saw that it never had a physical release here, I ordered a copy from Walmart.

Its the EU version...it should still play the same right 😃? I'm playing on my switch lite, since I would take it for travel.

First time posting here! So let me give some background:

I am a semi cozy gamer. I say semi, because I don't consider myself one but i have played a lot. I grew up playing Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing, idk if The Sims counts as cozy gaming but I played it too.

Recent years, I've played Stardew and a lot of Story of Seasons and some Harvest moon games. I played Cozy Grove for a bit and then quit ( i wanna get back into that but that's a story for another day) and I wanna get back into Hello Kitty Island Adventure.

ANYWHO! ONTO WHY I AM HERE. I have some monies saved up on my eshop and was looking at some games to buy. I had seen a trailer for Starsand Island a few days ago and I think actually that same day had seen MoonLight Peaks on the eshop.

Are the games worth buying for those of you who own them? What's gameplay like? Does it lean more towards Harvest Moon/Story Of Seasons, or like Rune Factory?

I'm super late to the game okay guys 😭 I think I started the RHO franchise in like late 2022/2023. So forgive me.

I watch with my mom <--- We just finished season 2, we're starting the reunion tomorrow.

That being said, woooow that was a season 😀.

When we had watched season 1 I felt bad for Mary and liked her. Sure she was weird as heck and said some unhinged things, but genuinely seemed like a pretty okay person.

Then I watched season 2 and I dunno, her attitude was just yuck. Half the things she said this season weren't even funny, they were just down right mean ( i will say I did laugh when she said Heather looked inbred 😭 ).

Seeing all the accusations thrown about and seeing ( haven't watched it yet ) the TLC documentary about her, like it genuinely makes you wonder.

👆🏻 I grew up in church and I dunno if it was just editing maybe? Or whatever the case but seeing how those people were reacting to her when Jen Shah went to her church was whack. I liked my old Pastor and his wife and I never told them I saw God through them or anything like that. Genuinely I dunno how Jen sat there through the whole thing. My jaw would have been on the floor, because with practicing Christianity ( I am no longer religious btw but when i was i was 7th day Adventist which is basically Christianity just you go to church on Saturday's instead of Sunday's <--- at least that's how my mom explained it to me ) you're taught you only worship one God and that's it. The fact that her church members were literally worshiping her clearly backs up Whitney's claim that they treat her as God.

It's really crazy to me that Bravo would keep her if she were a cult leader. I mean I guess it shouldn't shock me, but still. Honestly I dunno how most anyone would want to film with her considering those types of allegations 😅 and again, it might have just been editing but we literally watched her members crying, screaming, gaging at how much they loved and worshiped her because they saw god through her.

What are everyone's thoughts and opinions? Honestly the only reason I wanted to watch SLC was because I had seen a clip of Heather confronting Mary about calling her inbred and thought that was hysterical 😭.

I know that the title sounds morbid, but because I have a lot of health issues and mental health issues, the thought crosses my mind a lot.

I used to collect plushies allllll the time, a lot of the time, when i was a kid, I would talk to them because I was horrible at making friends so to me they were my friends.

A lot of those plushies has been through the ringer with wear, while others got donated. But there's absolutely one i refuse to ever get rid of.

Okay not one; I have a few I would never get rid of, but my main homie?

My Tails plush 🥹🫶🏻. I bought a tiny Tails when I was 5 from this weird comic shop in our old mall ( that shop ended up closing down ). My dad would give us like 5 bucks as an allowance per month so I saved and saved and saved to buy him. Tragically, he got ate by my aunts dog, BUT! His life was saved, now he just looks like he's where all diseases started 💀. <--- That being said, after Tiny Tails was chewed, i saved up more monies and bought me a medium sized Tails plush from that same shop ( they had a larger sized one but it closed down before I could purchase him ).

Medium sized Tails is my homie. He no longer has a mouth, and he has a small hole near his tails, his feet are stained 🤣. I've had him since I was 7.

I always tell my mom if I die before her I want Tails buried with me. I have my tops that I would want to be kept in my memory, sure, but like Tails goes with me. Not Tiny Tails 💀 never Tiny Tails. But my " big " Tails.

Back in 2014/15 I won both Pokémon Sapphire and Ruby in ebay auctions for about 30 bucks each. The games are authentic, I just lucked out, the only issue is they had a dead battery. I was tryna complete my mainline collection and they were some of the last i needed.

Around 2016/17 I decided to have the save batteries in most of my older games replaced. I wanted Pokemon Gold, Silver, Sapphire, Ruby and Emerald replaced. Keep in mind i've had this copy of emerald since I was 7.

There was only one place in my town at the time who offered to fix dead batteries. I went. Waited for over a month for them to fix my games. They not only literally broke my pokemon emerald, offered to replace it, handed me a fake one to replace it, got mad when I said it was fake and gave me an " authentic one " , they messed up ny pokemon gold as well 🙃.

I ended up ordering a copy of Emerald at the time off DKOldies for 75 bucks, and just went on about my life. Got banned from the store for leaving a bad Google review.

Fastfoward, its now like 2024/25 ( somewhere around that time frame ). All 3 games ( Ruby, sapphire and Emerald ) had dead batteries again. This time however, there was another retro gaming store in town. They said they could replace them, said it would take a few hours to a couple of days. Due to my past experience ( my games being held onto for a month ), within a few hours I started panicking and asked my stepdad to go in with me to just get the games back because I knew the prices had jumped online and if they messed them up they couldn't be replaced again without selling an arm or a leg 🙃.

We went in and I awkwardly asked if i could have the games back. So the guy who did them came out and was like " Yo, did you try to replace these yourself? " I said no 💀. I'm dumb, if I could do it myself legitimately i would. He showed me a picture of Sapphire and Ruby and GOD they were a mess. I explained what happened years prior and he said that he knew that guy and knew people who said his work was trash. The original guy fucked up my games 😭.

I took them home, very pissy because of the original situation and feeling dumb for trusting that guy. A few days went by and I decided to pop in Sapphire.

It don't even work now. Like I cannot make it to the first gym because it legit just glitches out. Ruby is bad, not as bad but still bad.

Replacing them? $300 to $400 bucks 🙃💔.

TDLR; I won some old pokemon games in an ebay auction. I took them to get the batteries replaced and the guy messed up my games and now to replace them is anywhere from $300 to $400.

Edit: No, I am not buying a reproduction and no I'm not going to mod. I want the authentic physical copies.

So context and story. I hate multiple perspectives. That's just my opinion. I personally prefer it being first person. I did like how Jennifer L Armentrout did her Coven series with the other person's perspective at the end.

The other day, I went to target and saw a couple of books i wanted. I headed to check out and then decided I didn't feel like waiting in line. So I took pictures of the books and ordered them from Target online.

They came In today. Keep in mind, i just read what the books were about. Didn't flip through them or anything. Just read the summary and was like " Hmmm this sounds good/interesting. "

Yeah. So both series has the MC's and someone else's perspective 🙃. It's my fault for not looking closer at the books in store. I've been out of the reading game for a bit and ALWAYS just assume its first person ( its also how I found out like dark romance exists because I had never seen a content warning in a book before 😀 when I hear dark romance i think of like vampires and such; not that 😭 ).

SO YEAH! I would like some recs where its just first person 🥹. I like horror, thrillers, mysteries, all that good jazz . It don't gotta be the most recent release either!! Just send me recs please while I try to return these to target 😅