Honestly It Hurts To See How Much CBC Genuinely Cares About Anne With An E And How Much Netflix Just,,,

#let these comedians share more scenes

#the mortifying ordeal of your crush seeing you naked and then haunting you everywhere you go: the life and times of Sidney Parker

 Night in the Shrieking Shack

The aftermath of the debate is quite hilarious !!!

Just some of my favorite tweets from the night

“Euphemia and Fleamont Potter tried and failed for many years to bring a child into the world before baby James came along. They were much older, and wealthy, so James grew up in a doting environment without the compromise of siblings, in a home without material limits.” (From Pottermore)

The signs as horror anime

Aries: Hellsing

Taurus: Corpse Party

Gemini: Elfen Lied

Cancer: Deadman Wonderland

Leo: Higurashi

Virgo: Berserk

Libra: Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne

Scorpio: Another

Sagittarius: Pupa

Capricorn: Ajin

Aquarius: Terra Formars

Pisces: Gantz

Regarding Gomez in Netflix’s Wednesday

Little bit of background, I’ve been an Addams Family fan since 2014, when I was 16. I first fell in love with the ‘91 and ‘93 Addams Family films, and then I later fell in love with the 60s show. I was so obsessed with it, and I even used to run an Addams Family side blog (which I might resurrect, idk), so yes, I am a fan of the Addams Family!

There’s been a lot of comments regarding the casting of Luis Guzman as Gomez Addams that are… really not it. The sum of it seems to be “eww why is Gomez ugly and fat, he should be skinny/look like the 91-93 Gomez”, which is really gross for a multitude of reasons.

Firstly, the fat shaming??? The fatphobia??? I said this when people in the FB fandom fat shamed Dan Fogler/Jacob Kowalski, I’ll say it now, but anyone saying fat = ugly can fucking fight me, I’ll kick your ass right here and now. That on its own is so gross and disgusting, and anyone thinking that can unfollow me right fucking now. It’s just gross.

Whatever version you prefer, The Addams Family is a series that has always shown a healthy and loving family even though they’re not what you’d expect them to be. The Addams Family are especially shown as being very accepting and open minded; in the 93 film, when Pubert is “normal”, Gomez and Morticia are still loving parents to him even though it’s things they find abhorrent, and when they think the kids want to go to summer camp, despite being surprised and clearly not expecting it, they don’t say their kids can’t go - “if it’s what they want” kind of mindset. There’s also moments in the 60s TV show, like Pugsley joining Boy Scouts, where Gomez and Morticia don’t necessarily agree with things their children are into it, but they accept it because they want their children to be happy. If you think the Addams Family would condone fat shaming, you clearly aren’t truly a fan of the Addams Family.

Secondly, have you not seen what Gomez looks like in the original Charles Addams comics???

^You want to split hairs about “he doesn’t look like Gomez”? THIS is what Gomez Addams looked like originally.

Thirdly, I love Raul Julia as Gomez - I had the biggest crush on him for YEARS. He was an amazing Gomez, and no one is going to dispute that (hopefully). But it kind of bothers me that people are saying not only that Gomez should look only like Raul Julia, and also that people are commenting that “Gomez was skinny in those films and it was more attractive!!!” when Raul Julia was actually extremely ill with stomach cancer while making the Addams Family movies - he pushed onwards because he loved the character so much.

You can see in this interview that he’s not very well, and this was about a year before he died. So while I agree that yes, his Gomez is pretty suave and sexy, pointing out it’s because he’s skinny is… kind of weird, given the circumstances.

Quite frankly, when it comes to any version of Gomez, so long as they show how absolutely devoted he is to Morticia, I’m happy - his love and adoration for her is one of the key parts of his character, so as long as that’s shown in someway, I really don’t care if he’s conventionally attractive. The reason we love Gomez is because he’s such a wife guy and a rare example of non-toxic masculinity.

As someone who’s a huge fan of the 60s show and 90s films, I’m personally really excited to see this new show and how these characters are brought to life - who knows, maybe it might encourage a new generation to watch the older Addams Family stuff?

Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it’s okay to be a boy; for girls it’s like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading.

Ian McEwan, The Cement Garden (via beautifullitteraryquotes)

It is deep !!!

f o r e v e r ✈️

About an hour ago, I was in Walmart looking for my conditioner because today is wash day for my hair. As I’m looking for my product, this older white lady approaches me and she says, “Excuse me, miss. Please don’t be offended by this.” And usually when white people tell me not to be offended, 9 times out of 10, whatever they are about to say is going to be offensive af.

Anyway, she follows it up with, “My husband and I just recently won our custody battle with our foster daughter and she means the world to us. She’s a beautiful African American girl and her hair looks a lot like yours. But I’m afraid because I don’t know what to do with her hair. It’s a lot different from mines and our other children and we are at a total loss. I’ve tried looking up the YouTube videos and my husband went to the braiding shops so they can teach him how to properly braid her hair, but he’s still pretty new and it will be a while before he gets used to it. Do you have any tips you can give me? If you don’t have the time, it’s okay, really! I just needed a little advice because I want her to look beautiful.”

Y’all. swear I almost started crying on aisle 6. So for the last 30 minutes, I spent my time talking to her and what products to use and how to properly detangle and comb her hair with the proper tools and what not to do with natural hair. And I showed her a bunch of easier to follow natural hair tutorials on YouTube and saved them for her. (I also had to create a YouTube account for her so she could save it for later.) but omfg, she was so sweet, and I could tell that she listened to every single thing I had to say and she took little notes on her little notepad.

And what really filled my heart was the fact that her husband actually taking classes from African braiding shops. And she showed me a picture of him wearing a little sweater vest and loafers in a little shop surrounded by beautiful black women showing him how to braid black hair and even the lady he’s braiding on is guiding his hands. And omfg. Bless these old white people and their black daughter who I know have new loving parents because they are willing to step out of their comfort zone just to make her feel and look beautiful.

I really hope our paths cross again one day, Mrs Cicilia. 💖💕