A classic for a reason

Scene from ep27 of #YouAreMyFatefulLove where ML and SML, both looking very lovely, are eating from the same bowl of noodles

How is any part of the ML and SML shacked up together not delightful

This last stretch just seems like bonus material and I’m here for it

My biggest gripe with #FatedHearts was that they STOPPED biting

Sooooo the whole 🐈 🛁 scene was stellar but it did set up unrealistic expectations.

So much so that my mind went wandering down 🫣 when both ML and SML are trying to catch the 🐓

In my defense, they have great chemistry together and they were both looking fiiine

As first kisses go, I’m here to report it was fantastic

From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks

The ‘B’ is a great example of why I’m enjoying the show even if ML is reactive instead of proactive (I promise I’m not mad there’s STILL no 😙at ep22)

I got 😡 at him for getting cold feet again, but they resolved it asap. So even though things are slow there is few infuriating miscommunication

We’re at ep19 and I’m not even mad that they haven’t kissed yet.

I’m here screaming for them to hold hands!

Not me yelling at him not to waste this year’s fireworks 🎇

And this show makes me cackle out loud everytime SML and ML are in the same scene. That is quite a feat to pull off on #cdrama land

There’s lots to like about #cdrama #YouAreMyFatefulLove (little sister’s wingwomanship, female solidarity when faced with awful men) but watching FL as her soul leaves her body everytime she thinks her secret will be exposed is next level.

Zheng He Hui Zi makes it so relatable - I’m fully invested

Look, for my money the absolute game changer technologies right now are batteries and biosciences, not statistically modeling a mid conversation, but you do you.

I did not study physics so this video explainer blew my mind. Anyway, I’m still processing what this means

youtu.be/U_sI9agWmEw

I am so sorry. I read that as the chemistry between Rocky and Grace and I was like, you didn’t feel it?!
It took me a second to realise that you mean chemistry chemistry. The subject of your entire 🧵 that I just went through. Anyway reading comprehension is obviously hard for me.

project hail mary is a story about the dangers of accidentally becoming important at work

Uhhhh. I love the leads, and their banter was great. What I couldn’t get past was the focus on the SML and his journey - it almost felt like he was supposed to be the lead. If that’s not an issue for you, it has mostly positive reviews.

It’s not one of the very popular shows

Maturing as a proper Star Trek fan means going from childhood pride when Data is affectionately told that something he does is “the most human he’s ever been” to outraged indignation.

I mean, I see my niblings and how their parents chose to break the trauma cycle, and it’s pretty amazing! Happy families are possible! These children are awesome! It’s work though.

But in my own generation I saw too many instances of a parent using their child to work out their trauma in real time.

In the countries I’m familiar with, it’s a form that you file (no photos even). So your certificate is a boring looking paper document (a bit like a birth certificate) I do like the ceremony (as per cdramas - i’m not sure if that’s real life) of the red certificates

This!

“Unspoken - partly you weren’t aware of - baggage”

It’s so weird, no?

I was an adult when I realised how differently as siblings we’d lived our lives.

But then I saw how much this differential experience was driving conflict between my mom and her siblings.

Our kids have all grown up in the diaspora so their stories include fractional versions of the family myths.

I’m not sure where I’m going with this, just, it is very destabilising not to have this story of your origins, or to have it upended, even if it wasn’t true in the first place 2/2

I’ve no idea how much truth there is in any of these family stories but the version I have in my head contributes to a coherent narrative for of who I am and where I come from.

It is weird to realise that this version looks different for those who grew up with me

1.6/2

There is a story here of intergenerational trauma, how you take forward a narrative that makes sense to you given that there could be multiple truths.

My sense of self is grounded in our family myths, I know that my siblings and cousins have a different version of that story 1.5/2

I don’t think this is the central focus of either the book or the show, but all of this is so hard to understand is precisely because it’s children dealing with their parents secrets and choices. They are trying to piece together truth where most of the principals are either dead or unreliable 1/2

I have become an attentive student. The difference is down to density and intention she said.

I admit I was completely lost. I didn’t even get what actually happened until I read the book. It didn’t affect my enjoyment of the story but fair warning, the who did what and why for power doesn’t get easier to understand

I want this so baaaad

the extent to which so many men are sex pests is just baffling and depressing

you can just Not Do That

there is shit that's hard for me! remembering to take in the trash cans is hard! checking the calendar is hard! starting a design doc is hard! not being a sex pest: not that hard

On or off screen, that would truly be wonderful

I swear to fucking heaven the American administration creating constant existential crises & the legitimate worry that a mad king will use a tactical nuclear weapon in a war of aggression (PICK YOUR MAD KING THERE'S TWO OF THEM) are responsible for a global mental health crisis, the last ten years.