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thinking about the sirens in suits/suit adjacent clothes plus a little genderswap moment... ;-; just for me

Dudes healthcare is so fake. My ADHD meds are $940 without insurance. But they gave me a website of "coupons" which straight up looks like a scam website, and I got it today for $60! Just a coupon from a random website and it was $900 cheaper. America, I am confusion!! America explain!!

I always wonder how Nat would've reacted if Misty where the one who died instead.

This is really interesting to think about actually. I think Nat would have a very complicated grief response, in line with how complicated Misty and Nat’s dynamic always was. I think it would hit her a lot harder than she would have expected, I think she would actually be quite devastated by it but also confused and frustrated at herself for grieving so deeply (“Why am I grieving when this person destroyed my life and was absolutely fucking insane?”). I think, outwardly, she would actually be kind of embarrassed to be that devastated over losing Misty and would probably try to hide it from the others, but I think she would have some private breakdowns about it for sure.

Misty hurt Nat in many ways, but beneath that anger, I think there was always a part of her that knew Misty was someone who, for all her faults, did care in her own twisted way. And Nat didn’t have many people who genuinely cared about her. Misty was one of the few people in that group who truly saw Nat—not always in a healthy way, but in a way that felt real. There is so much history between them and we haven’t even seen it all yet.

Fanfiction literally cannot "normalize" anything. Fanfiction is a weird little niche and fics are not something with massive cultural impact.

Nat's relationship with the Wilderness is so fascinating to me. She is clearly playing the role of the group's skeptic—she resists the rituals, challenges Lottie’s authority, and often positions herself as the rational voice amid rising hysteria. But underneath it all, she does believe in the Wilderness, perhaps even more deeply and purely than many of the others.

Nat's defiance and skepticism is a defense mechanism. No matter how much she denies it, even to herself, there is some part of Nat that knows the Wilderness is real. But unlike those who romanticize the idea of the Wilderness as a source of self-preservation, salvation, or hope, Natalie sees it for what it truly is: something wild, hungry, dangerous, and intimately tied to their worst impulses. Nat and Lottie possess a unique understanding of the Wilderness as something that lives inside of them all, rather than an external force. I think it's very possible Nat has felt it from the beginning, some darkness within all of them, and it terrifies her. Her resistance is a form of self-protection, a way to maintain some sense of autonomy in the face of something she instinctively knows could consume her. Rather than give herself over to it like the others, she fights it tooth and nail, perhaps knowing better than anyone what it is capable of.

my laura lee headcanon is that she was molested as a kid. maybe from inside the church or from within her family. it’s just a feeling.

i don’t know about y’all but what happened at the pool always felt intentional to me. the look on her face before she dove in head first was all too familiar. and the way she clings to her innocence? it’s very common for victims who have repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse.

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Saw this at SWCJ and I can't get over how adorable it is! 🥹

Oh to be jayvik with their four beautiful adopted kids at that stream by their cottage 🌿

Natalie Scatorccio Somehow Managing to Serve Face in the Worst of Circumstances: A Collection

(while being interrogated and exposed as a liar in a trial ran by teenagers to decide whether her only father figure lives or dies)

(trying to force her suicidal father figure to eat while holding him captive)

(deciding to kill her only father figure)

(facing down a tyrannical dictator who is sabotaging her only chance at getting rescued)

(plotting against that tyrannical dictator)

(losing the last scrap of hope she has left and coming to terms with having to continue to live in a hellscape where she will inevitably lose herself completely)

(serving boyfriend while yelling at her girlfriend, whom she just discovered broke the flight transmitter and is therefore partially responsible for every terrible thing that has happened out there)

(being humiliated by bisexual stalin in front of a crowd and forced to participate in another card draw)