The Best Thing For Me? How Andrew Garfield Got A Chance To Redeem His Character, A Proper Way To Say

CP’s first cap // CP’s 100th cap celebration

What’s the saying again?

History never repeats itself…

but it often rhymes <3

being someone who watches this show is so fucking embarrassing

there are just so many clever little details that alice wu puts in this movie and it's all just made so much stronger by the filming of every. single. frame.

the little detail with the train lights and how ellie's dad didn't trust the train light to work— but because he loves his daughter so much, he realizes that he needs to let her go and so the camera briefly pans to the lights working again

paul continuing to listen and feeling sad for ellie's dad despite not understanding mandarin because he recognizes that sometimes we just want someone to listen to us

aster saying "deep down, i probably knew the truth... it's not like it's never crossed my mind" just brings so much more IMPACT to the hot springs scene. was it intentional? did aster bring ellie there to keep her all to herself, even if it was just for a few moments?

the way aster sinks into ellie as they kiss, and how her hand moves down to hold her arm like she's not ready to let go yet, but ellie cuts it off because well, she's a nervous disaster gay. the way aster smiles right afterwards and laughs. she hadn't felt that way after kissing ANYONE (at least in the movie) — we can presume that she's never really been interested in trip, and that her being with him was her trying to conform within the norms of the society she's been placed in; she'd never felt that ecstatic or excited. she had no reason to.

and then there was ellie. the girl that challenges her intellectually. and in that moment, despite feeling dazed and confused over these new feelings, aster was SURE of one thing: she FELT something in that kiss. unlike any other kisses shown in the movie, she FELT something.

and when paul was googling "how to know if you are gay"— a lot was left out in that scene. the viewer fills in the blanks after he says "there are SO many ways to love someone" which leaves us to imply he probably went on a deep dive and tried to educate himself on other types of sexualities because he truly cares about ellie. his friend.

"you could never be different," she says, mockingly. "what would God say?" oh the ISOLATION ellie feels in this small, predominantly white, conservative town where literally the only people of colour we see in the movie are her, her father, aster, and her family. aster and ellie's layers slowly being peeled off as the movie progresses and they bond through their shared differences.

this movie isn't a love story, as prefaced in the beginning. it's a coming of age movie that features young people slowly becoming more self-aware; it just happens to feature a lesbian protagonist. we need more stories like this, where being gay isn't the sole focal point of a plot.

god, i love this movie and all its nuances.

and i know alice wu wants the audience to fill-in-the-blanks, but i'd give ANYTHING to have a fun, stupid rom-com with these characters. a sequel set in the future where ellie and aster are confident in their identities.

if the straights can have their fun, stupid, mediocre rom-coms, the gays should too!!! i want fun, stupid, mediocre disaster gay rom-coms!!!

Let’s talk about some glow ups

"You're already six feet deep, stop digging and leave me here to die" vs "Don't you dare say you love me right now because I won't believe you mean it like I want you to"

kagehina × fall season 🍂🤎

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All I keep saying is that I’m tired of fighting for something we should all be innately fighting for. I am so tired. I can’t process it all right now.

I think people forget that tc are in a very different professional situation than other couples. They’re two of the biggest stars on a national team that gets a ton of media attention, and they play a lot of minutes together and at the same position. They have very different pressures on them than, say, Ali and Ashlyn did when they started being more public.

Right now, everyone knows that they’re together and they know that we know, but media can’t report on their relationship and that’s important. Rings and vacations and clearly-shared apartments aren’t enough for anyone to throw out a dumb question about whether playing time affects their relationship or ask about kids or whatever. Explicitly confirming their relationship would have a tangible impact on how they do their jobs. At some point they might decide it’s worth it, but it’s irritating when people expect it.

Yep.

People need to understand that even if America is over the homophobia stage that would loose them sponsorship deals (it's not), there is still the part where gay couples are simply treated differently.

They get asked different questions and they get asked more questions. It's a distraction from your work, not because they are not professional, but because 95% of the media is unprofessional.

Being out doesn't require any of us to answer the questions of a herd of unprofessional and incapable journalists. Until it does people need to stop complaining about them not officially speaking out.

Maybe people don’t see me as believable playing a person of today. I guess I’m just more realistic in a corset and funny hairstyles.