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Pachengala

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  1. Are you me? I kept checking like why is no one talking about this?? but I guess I could have made the forum myself so that’s on me. That scene stressed me out so much. Imagine you’re at this retreat for your own trauma, and being put in that position, no warning, no training, just taking that all on. Yikes. All other criticism of Swan aside, this is super unethical and problematic. I’ve listened to both the “Ross and Carrie” and the Gizmodo podcasts about Teal Swan so I’d say I’m pretty familiar with her whole shtick, and I have to say, I am SHOCKED she agreed to this series. She’s obviously a narcissist, but she’s also shrewd and cunning and I can’t believe she didn’t see this turning out so badly for her. Maybe she’s gotten complacent, given how she’s completely surrounded by toadies and enablers, but man. What a backfire. (Also no therapist in the entire world would say something like, “you need to stop *not* trusting this person [Blake].” That is literally the opposite of how therapy works. Just one more lie to make yourself the victim, huh Teal?)
  2. Dang @lightninggirl you should work for the FBI. How is Nail pronounced, btw? Like, well, “nail,”or NYE-ll, or something else? TIA!
  3. Make it three! But then I celebrate everything that Nicole Kidman and Luke Evans do.
  4. Yikes. With the amount of filtering she does, you'd think she’d be better at it.
  5. This. I don’t know why I keep checking back in on this show, thinking that maybe this time they’ll respect narrative, but here we are again, sacrificing what would have been a truly chilling development for The Elizabeth Moss show.
  6. Hey IP, big fan, big fan! (I’m pretty new over here but I’m familiar with your work from the Big Fat boards.) I’m so sorry to hear about your illness and will keep you in my thoughts.
  7. Not to defend Mykelti because she married FT and could thus very well be dirty, but I too wash my hair about once a week. I have thick curly hair, similar to hers, and since I started following the Curly Girl method, my hair is so much happier and healthier now that I don’t wash it as much. It doesn’t stink, I promise! The key is a good-quality shower cap so I can still shower.
  8. I’m going to be the lone SW fan on the board who hasn’t watched Clone Wars—I can’t get past the third episode for some reason. (I might try again though after liking live-action Ahsoka on Mando much, much more than I liked her in CW.) Anyway! I loved this episode and can’t wait for the season. I loved Crosshair turning on the Batch and think it’ll bring some real pathos in eps to come. One thing I kind of missed—what’s Echo’s special thing? I know he’s largely cybernetic but is that his whole thing? Because it seems to overlap pretty heavily with Tech, for instance, but the other guys too. May the Fourth be with you!
  9. These two parts in particular had me sittin’ here laughing my ass off.
  10. Defs out of context. It’ll be something like, “...and if I said something to you like, ‘Meri I don’t want to be married to [Douchebag] anymore’...” As much as I want better for them, I don’t think these women are ever going to wise up.
  11. This. Plus our instructors always encourage us to get a second mat if we’ll be on our knees. I mean, I’m glad that makes Janelle feel empowered because that’s never a bad thing, but this isn’t revolutionary.
  12. Thanks for the links, @tv echo. I don't normally dive into the media for shows I watch but that finale definitely has me wanting more.
  13. Jesus these people are all totally fucked up. Dawn terrified me, hanging all over her family while they read their letters, just beaming away. What an emotional succubus. Chuck’s letter to Dawn was basically just him delineating the ways he was not guilty of the things Dawn had accused him of, and then listing her assaults on him. These people are chilling—their kids need to wash their hands of both of them and save themselves.
  14. Re: the pastor, so did Husbo! Subtext and the like are completely lost on me; I am NOT observant, but it’s okay because I’m always surprised. Roche called it ‘the corkscrew’ to his family [and yay! to meeting Roche’s family! Is this the first we’ve seen of them?) so I bet that’s a nickname or something. I’m sure Ben, Javi, and Melanie roll their eyes and are like “helix OMG.” I wonder if the showrunners are aware how unpopular the LJ character is with the audience and that’s why we haven’t seen her that much. If they’re planning for a surprise LJ power move later in the season I’m going to be pissed. And I don’t trust Osweiler’s motives either. Space ‘em both, I say.
  15. My husband was bored but I enjoyed this episode. I’m enjoying this whole season, really. I like the way they’ve pushed the women to the forefront: Melanie, Ruth, Audrey (though I find the actress playing her to be *severely* lacking in the charisma they want us to believe she wields), and my girl Bess Till. I didn’t see the pastor being the mole at all and gasped at the reveal. I love that they subverted the ‘mystical negro’ trope in that way. They’re really allowing their women and POC characters to be nuanced, flawed, and grey, something usually reserved for white male characters in popular media. I’m loving it. Finally, the corkscrew scene was gorgeous, as was the Tibetan flags scene.
  16. He didn’t have very much to say at all. I know he’s in a hell of his own making but I still feel a little bad for him, that his life has gone to such shit that the only way he thinks he can make a living is to be Big Whit’s support therapy animal (-cum-buttwiper). PS to @mytmo, one of the barnacles referred to S*** as Chase’s fiancé so it sounds like they’re planning to get married. Here’s hoping she thinks his time on the show was worth it.
  17. She’s so unbelievably self-centered, talking and pouting incessantly about how her pretend boyfriend didn’t ‘like’ her comment days after he had a NEWBORN BABY and while she’s on a comped vacation with her friends. How much is it worth, putting up with her? I’m actually obsessed with Todd these days—he completely dips the moment Big Whit gets on her bullshit, and if he can’t leave the scene completely, he stunts on her like when he was pirouetting all over the waterfall. I think he’s really found that sweet spot between not sucking up yet still getting paid. I stan. My god she is just such straight garbage. Who actually thinks things like “I WASN’T READY FOR A BABY!!!!” much less SAYS THEM OUT LOUD, in these situations?? Why does she specifically feel like the entire world revolves solely around her? I’m just so over it. Go away, Whitney. The world doesn’t require your services.
  18. Agreed it’s fake and she knew, but dang Big Whit is selling this! She is super convincing IMO, while everyone else is kind of phoning it in. I mean, Chase can’t keep a straight face and Buddy seems to be on the brink of an eyeroll at all times. All that drama she studied in school is really paying off! Also, why is she more upset that he didn’t ask her to stay than she is that he cheated? My best girl was a shepherd mix. She was very stoic and not prone to big displays of affection. But if I were standing there so upset that I was crying and shouting in public, she’d have been beside herself with nerves. Neeshi never even glanced up at Big Whit. It’s objectively weird. Two final thoughts: 1) Big Whit says she ‘gave everything to this relationship,’ and I am so curious what she thinks she means by that. Like, WHAT exactly? She didn’t even visit him at home! 2) Being bitchy and resentful toward a baby is peak Whitney. She’s such a monster. Edited to agree with @MrsWitter above. Millennials have inherited crushing debt, joblessness, and a dying planet from boomers, and yet they’re brave and caring and dynamic and resourceful. As an Xer, they give me hope that they’re going to do things so much better than we did. Bitching about millennials is just plain tired.
  19. Responding here to @Irate Panda’s news that Tal and Jon broke up—that really, really surprises me! I wonder if they’ll sell the house. I also wonder if Tal’s presence on the show had anything to do with it; Jon seems very private.
  20. She absolutely could do it, and frankly, with TLC’s resources behind her, she’d have a relatively easy time of it. They could hire her a nutritionist, chef, and trainers galore. They could sell it as a return to the original premise. I’ve put on a lot of weight during pandemic, and am now looking down the barrel of a hard return to normal; I’d *kill* to have her resources. As with everything about her life, it’s just such a waste!
  21. Welp, you brilliant people have covered the bulk of it, so there’s nothing really left to add except that Chase is DEFS cracking up during the Rest Area Summit, and that Buddy is giving major John C. Reilly vibes in his talking heads.
  22. 1. Thank you! Big Whit’s my muse! 2. Ha! That’s fair, that’s fair. I was being irresponsible, and I apologize.
  23. Finally went ahead and watched this episode and I have some thoughts: Is Big Whit's use of vernacular English new? I haven't been a regular watcher since Season 3 and I don't remember her saying things like, "He gonna put a ring on it then don't wanna move?" etc. Did she just pick that up or has it been creeping on? I snickered when she coyly asked Chase if it's okay if she dances with other guys and he's like, sure! Have fun! You could tell she wanted him to be jealous. If my boyfriend wanted to pretend to be someone's fiance on television for money, well, I think that'd be weird and I'd be kind of put off. But let's say for the sake of argument, we talked about it and he wanted to do it, and I supported him. If he let another woman call herself "Mommy" to my dog, and call that dog by a diminutive she made up, I would lose my shit. Absolutely NO. I never, ever, ever for a moment believed their romance was real, and so I was mildly interested in how they were going to spin the inevitable breakup. I guess this is what they decided to go with, the distance thing? That no one wants to move to the other's city? I love that the storyline is the most boring one they could have chosen, so real life decided to step in and shake things up. Oh, I almost believe that she really did lose her ring in the ocean--she really sold that scene. That don't mean that was her engagement ring, am I right Big Whit? Whit has a "Tell" when she's about to tell a lie in service of the storyline--she pauses or hiccups a little before she delivers the line. I noticed it first in the ep where they got engaged and now see it all the time. A good example is this ep, when she notes she can't ask Chase to buy her another ring. Make this a drinking game with me, won't you?
  24. I get better protection from my Diva cup than I did when I used to use tampons—those always, always leaked on me! You’d have to be really careful if you wanted to avoid spillage. I always remove mine while on the toilet so I don’t have to worry about it. I wonder if she’s even able to use a tampon. It seems like she’d run into the same challenges and a cup? And I’m with you—using a cup has been a gamechanger for me. It’s almost like not having a period, and I feel like I’m being more loving to my body than I was when I used tampons.
  25. I agree the stone was probably fake, but Big Whit wasn’t pretending it was a diamond—she said it was a yellow sapphire, and that it was ‘exactly what I wanted.’ I’m basically a raccoon and love big giant, shiny ETHICALLY SOURCED diamonds, but yellow and white sapphires are a good substitute if you can’t afford or don’t want diamonds.
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