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  1. I hope you are wrong, but I fear you're probably right. It is very easy for children to follow the example of the world around them and the world, and their family, tend to treat Brittney as anything from ATM to punchline. Very few people in their lives seem to ever have treated her like the troubled human being in desperate need of help (not enabling, not a conservatorship, but actual help), that she is.
  2. I do feel it might be too late for her. She has lived in her weird little bubble (not her own doing, but here we are) for too long. I was really rooting for her to get her life together, but it just seems like she is too far down her rabbit hole to know how to (or possibly even to want to) get out. I just hope her kids are not too badly affected by it all.
  3. This. I love to hate characters like Joffrey from GoT because he was written to be hated, the intention was not to see him as some tragic hero but an unrepentant little psychopath. One could even have some, slight sympathy for the fact that he was a child and was raised by a family of evil psychos. Also, Jack Gleeson did a phenomenal job in the role. I also love villains like (WARNING UO coming!!!!) Regina in OUAT because Lana Parillla was clearly having a blast playing her and her wardrobe was on pointe. Would I want to know Regina IRL, hell no, but for me she was a fun over the top villain. Then there is Xander. He wasn't supposed to be a villain. He wasn't even supposed to be thought of as an issue. He was meant to be a hero, a vital part of the Scooby Gang. I really believe that Joss expected girls to swoon over him and guys to want to be like him (please NO!). Sadly, I am sure some youngin's did, as they are still learning what is good/bad/what they like. But adults would want nothing to do with Xander. He is the poster boy for Nice Guy. That guy who hides his misogyny behind a goofy, awkward persona so he seems unthreatening. But the majority of Xander's characterization was about him wanting girls society deems "out of his league" not because he loves these girls, or even likes them, but to prove he can get a girl "out of his league". Sure, he could be friends with Buffy, but I always felt that underlying "if I could just get her drunk enough", vibe right below the surface. He really gave off the vibe to me that he would take advantage of a popular girl if he got the chance and would blame her for being hot and drunk around him cause he's "just a guy, and guys can't control themselves around pretty girls".
  4. It is a testament to how good Buffy the show is that I still love it and would still recommend it despite Xander. It was far from perfect, And Xander is proof of that. I very much agree with the guy who made the video that there is a HUGE difference between hating Joffrey who is meant to be hated, and hating any of the many female characters who are hated for... being annoying? It is also refreshing to hear someone say they don't hate a villain character for being a villain since that's the point of the character. I only hate a villain who the show considers the hero. Xander is so hateable to me because he is so very realistic. Unlike the over the top villainy of a Ramsey Bolton who, there may be people like Ramsey out there, but they are the exception, Xander is uncomfortably familiar to me as a female who grew up in the 80s/90s, when "boys will be boys" and it is the girls job to dress demurely so as not to entice them. Ugh, the bad old days. Bravo for finally calling that "nice guy" out. I would take an in your face villain (whom I could avoid as I'd know they were villainous) over the insidiousness of a Xander Harris, who preys upon the pity and guilt young girls are force fed into feeling for Nice Guys.
  5. All they really had to do was go to their local bar where the TV is always turned to the news and the exact news you need to further your story is being shown just when you need it.
  6. Yeah, while it is annoying that once a woman reaches a certain age she is suddenly too old to play the love interest is very annoying. I don't care about the small age gap between a mother character and grown child character so long as they look close to the ages they are meant to be. It bothers me more when it's a high school show and it's really hard to tell which are the teachers and which the students because they all look the same age.
  7. That really sets me teeth on edge. The idea that it's okay to rape someone via non-violent control. It is terrible for anyone to feel that way, but for me, having a woman try to justify another woman's rape (or in this case girl, even worse!) is abominable. I do not care if he cured fucking cancer, he should still be held accountable for what he did. The fact that all really contributes to the world is some movies...RAGE!!!!!
  8. In the past I've stopped being a fan of a celeb because I didn't like that they cut their hair or just grew out of liking them, so, yeah, no justification needed. It's not like we're trying to have the celebs we don't like anymore killed or anything. I am pretty sure most of them can survive losing a few fans now and then. While I do worry about celebs saying possibly harmful things, I then remember learning about natural selection. If you're stupid enough to not get vaccinated, or not get proper medical care because some person you watch play make believe on tele, or sing songs on stage tells you it's bad, you're probably going to jump off a bridge after someone eventually anyway. In other words, probably not best to take any serious advice from someone who performs for a living. Trying to get them to shut up about topics far beyond their paygrade is like trying to get the rain to stop being wet. Most performers seem to have an unstoppable need to say every little thought that pops into their heads.
  9. I loved Col. Potter but Blake's death, he was such a simple guy. The thing that always struck me about MASH is that these weren't really soldier, fighters, they were doctors, healers and they were stuck in the middle of a nightmare. All Henry wanted was to go home, back to his life. The only thing that makes it bearable is knowing that he died happy, on his way home. (I know he's not a real person, but according to my uncle who was in a MASH unit back in the 70s, it was very accurate in its depiction of how these medical non-soldiers dealt with being in hell, so that makes them feel very real, in a way that, I can imagine that really having happened to at least one man coming back from war.)
  10. The vibe I'm getting is, Chock and Joan are already dating. (not as in they came into the show as a couple but as in all their behaviours are those of a couple dating, the way she curled into him on the bowling date, that he brought her to his mum's memorial, etc). Pasqual is the most popular boy in high school that she wants to like her because it would validate her. Guy is the good looking doctor she thinks she should pick on paper, but the spark just isn't there. Regardless of how we feel about Chock, their body language screams couple. Not "Bachelor" couple but actual, real world couple. If you told me they'd been dating for a long time I'd believe it.
  11. I do rewatch it, because it was brilliantly done, but only if I'm willing to bawl my eyes out for the next few hours. It is such a sucker punch to the heart.
  12. I recently did a rewatch of season 1 of Haven. I was never a huge Nathan fan but I was more of a Nathan/Audrey fan than an Audrey/Duke fan. I just hate when writers do the cop/criminal pairing thinking it's so edgy or something. Mostly I liked the side characters. The wacky newspaper brothers and Nathan's father being favorites. The worst thing is that I LOVED the concept of the show but OMG did it ever take a nosedive into insanity in later seasons.
  13. I see a very easy chemistry with Chock and Joan. I think she probably likes that he is all about her while they other guys bond with each other. Given how much her physical appearance seems geared towards getting attention, I think she very much needs the validation he gives her. Doesn't so much matter what we think of him. I see no signs from Joan that he is too pushy or making her uncomfortable. I see the exact opposite, that he makes her feel very comfortable and that is probably why he will win this thing. Now, if his feelings for her are love or just a need to win, that is up in the air, and I'm not convinced it is love on her end either. More like, they are compatible and he makes her feel desirable. I do wonder if she is truly ready to really fall in love and sees Chock as a safer choice because she's less likely to break his heart should this all go south. I know Mark, being part of the Bachelor Fam, is their top choice for next GB but I just don't see it. I mostly get the feeling he is there because his daughter asked him to and less because he actually wants to be involved in any of this. He just comes across as too low key to want to be part of this famewhorey Bachelor world.
  14. It always makes me a little sad to see women with such beautiful, distinct looks all getting surgery to look like the same generic wax figures. I think Mila is a natural stunner, but that second pic in the youtube image makes her look like a drag Courtney Cox, or worse, a "real housewife" of anywhere
  15. You know what I do when I don't like, or even hate an artist? Not waste my money on anything of theirs. Rich people are weird. (I'm assuming the dude has money if he can drop $4000 on something that once belonged to someone he hates just so he can destroy it.)
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