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I’m Japanese-Iranian like Marina, and I really see myself in her in the sense that I too have learned to be a people pleaser (to a frustrating fault) as a result of growing up around traumatic, turbulent situations. It’s a survival tactic. (Also, Ruru reminds me of my mom—and I love how she stands up for Marina haha.)

Watching Hikaru’s mean girl behaviour toward her, then seeing the guys pile up on her and act so degradingly, has triggered me so much. I’ve never felt so parasocially enraged watching a TV show lol.

Plus, I’m majorly side-eyeing the producers for allowing this type of environment for someone who is clearly very traumatized and only at the start of her healing journey.

This type of reality TV edit is what led to Terrace House being cancelled.

Anyway, just needed to vent. I see similar posts showing support for Maririn and it warms my heart to see the general public can see the situation for exactly what it is.

I hope she’s doing okay!

was reminiscing on Ari’s old days on socials. I can’t remember if this was pre- or post-Yours Truly, but she had a pretty active fan named Gianna and one day Ariana got a hashtag trending that was called like #GiannasParty. she encouraged everyone in the fandom to pretend to attend a virtual listening session hosted by that fan, lol.

sounds silly but i’m feeling nostalgic for those days. we were all so young and Ari was having a lot of fun talking to us online & growing her fanbase. this is back when she’d be doing follows sprees & DMing us the link to her (now deactivated) facebook.

i’m probably aging myself, but hopefully there are some other older fans here who remember! haha

…uh, in my experience, it has been an excruciatingly painful 36 hours post-endoscopy.

During the scope itself I was in tears at how much it was hurting my throat and the nurses kept telling me to just vomit on the towel placed under my face if I needed to. Biopsies were taken that felt like sharp pinches. The right side of my throat and my entire lower abdomen have been sore since.

I think maybe I wasn’t sedated enough. I did need extra sedation for a colonoscopy previously. But man, that sucked. And I went in so worry free!

Venting but also posting in case anyone needs validation that it can, in fact, hurt like a bitch. Because all I heard and read were stories of how it’s easy peasy!