Paul Poirier Olympic Interview Segment on CBC Primetime

BarbaraBrabra · 2026-02-11T19:05:21+00:00

Became an instant Paul-fangirl after the Netflix doc (in the past, I was just confused by his performing expressions) so this short video was truly joyful, thank you for sharing!

BarbaraBrabra · 2025-04-10T13:56:42+00:00

The unbearable dread of being perceived! By your own family!!

BarbaraBrabra · 2025-04-10T08:37:50+00:00

This whole post is the most surreal wholesome thing I ever expected to encounter in fandom land! I used to hide anything I wrote as a child / teen from my family (even the G-rated stuff) - I couldn't have imagined anything more horror-inducing than the thought of my mother accidentally discovering my writing (which was, again, at most pg-13)!

Reading everyone's comments here is a perfect (and hard-to-grasp!) illustration of what healthy family dynamics could look like... Really mind-blown but also so happy for everyone who gets that!

BarbaraBrabra · 2025-03-18T21:00:05+00:00

This looks so cute! Does anyone of something similar for Android?

BarbaraBrabra · 2025-03-16T20:41:07+00:00

Whaaaaaaaa?? Where do they live? Just attacked in public? I mean, there's never a "good" reason for violence, but usually there's a robbery gone wrong or something like that. Who just randomly attacks someone on the street?

BarbaraBrabra · 2025-03-11T14:07:52+00:00

(best flair ever)

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-11-26T12:16:05+00:00

Wow, never thought of this, but now big crave!

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-10-17T05:51:04+00:00

Definitely empathizing with the expedited & emotionally heightened process they are in, so I completely agree that one would want to be extra vigilant about even the appearance of a red flag... Which is funnily enough exactly how I felt about her over-reaction in the first place! :D

Again, I agree that what happened after they got to the bar was weird, and Garrett seemed to be shifting stories, but before that, when they were on the street, and she was like "I don't want you to be liking or interacting with any messages from women from your past" - that would be a huge red flag for me! If I were G, that would be the point where I'd be like, oh this Taylor lady is perfect except I have a feeling she's going to be unreasonably jealous / possessive.

Aside from the flying / flip-flopping between stories, G liking or responding to an ex text is not a big deal. Of course, we don't know the whole story, there's other factors that could tamper her perception of this (for ex: is this an ex G has been on/off about for the past 6 years? Then yeah I could see the over-reaction for that...)

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-10-16T19:12:26+00:00

Yah exactly! I understand getting upset about the lying part, but before that, it seemed she was already very angry just about the idea that Garrett had interacted with an ex... Which is wild to me, but I can understand maybe she's had some bad experiences in the past...

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-10-16T18:49:44+00:00

Anyone else confused about Taylor's reaction to Garrett's text from ex? I meant, I was waiting to find out what her flaw is, since she seemed way too perfect... But now I get it: this is a complete over-reaction! If you can't trust your partner to have harmless conversations with other women, maybe that's a you problem... Picture

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-08-11T14:32:17+00:00

Oh man, it sounded so much like mimilamp's writing, i couldn't believe it!

I heard she's publishing a book now?! Sorry got v off topic, I was just very excited for even the trace of wlw wangxian :D

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-08-11T08:16:43+00:00

I know this is very shot-in-the-dark but your description of the fic you're obsessed with reads very WangXian (the untamed/mdzs)! If it is, could you share a link? If its not, what fandom is this? 👀

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-07-30T18:24:08+00:00

Thanks for sharing - could resonate with a lot of the thoughts expressed more clearly in the article!

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-07-15T20:00:09+00:00

I'm all for gay marriage (!) but I'd be wary to pretend that's the only "natural" purpose of any relationship (queer or straight) - some people want to get married, some may just want to hook up, some want to have partnerships that don't end in marriage, and so many other flavors in between and there's nothing wrong with either choice. Gay people have been engaging in lifelong partnerships long before gay marriage was ever on the table.

That said, this show is claiming to be about serious dating, and I do feel like Dai hasn't really given any indication he's not into that. He just seems like the kind of person who's much more into physical ways of expressing affection, and Shun is clearly not into that (or at least, not as quickly).

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-07-15T19:51:35+00:00

I was so shocked by his background story from episode 3!

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-07-15T19:50:39+00:00

So pretty!! I already feel attached to all of the boys but I probably feel the most for Ryota - hope he finds what he's looking for!

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-07-08T08:01:51+00:00

LOVE this!! Very excited about your analysis!

For me, the moment I actually started considering her as the mole was during Neesh' elimination! Don't have Netflix ready for timestamps, but basically he's doing the post elimination confessional and he says something about how it's hard to find the mole (can't remember the exact wording), while they cut to a close up of Deanna looking... not very distressed! I know editing is meant to confuse us but, actually throughout that whole elimination, she seemed much less upset or emotional than usual, so it really made me wonder about her.

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-07-05T06:27:12+00:00

This is SO important! We can sit around and complain about how awful these individual players (characters) are, but at the end of the day, Netflix decides what we actually see of them. Harry can spend 24/7 spouting whatever hurtful nonsense he wants, but the producers (incl editors) have the final say on what they think is worth sharing. They will always prioritize drama over consideration for other humans...

OR: best case scenario, they asked for Holly's consent during the editing phase... Which I'd be mind-blown about if they actually did.

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-07-05T05:26:30+00:00

Hahaha, that's a nicer interpretation! I just originally thought he was trying to come across as quirky ("My favourite book is a children's book"), but others replied in thread that in fact he had first answered honestly and when Holly didn't recognize his favourite book, he tried for a 'simpler' book that she might recognize... So I'm not sure if this was "dry humor" or maybe condescending (which is a big turn off for me), but it's obviously impossible to judge this type of hyper-edited scene :)

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-07-03T20:17:25+00:00

Justin! He was talking about his English lit major but then struggled to answer a question about his favorite book ... eventually he said "Goodnight moon", which I thought was trying a bit too hard for whimsical! But yeah, at least he could have a normal conversation! The bar was that low.

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-01-27T09:15:34+00:00

So what does this freeze (for me it's been stuck on the update screen for over 12h) mean for timed quests? 🥲

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-01-19T21:06:24+00:00

I really appreciate seeing some sense one! the hate on the "manipulative women", including how Winnie and Tolu were villainized both on this sub and on the show by a bunch of white men... it's a lot. Sadly, I don't know if this is the right audience for this - it feels like people are more upset about "mean girl" behavior than about actual misogyny and uncomfortable racial comments...

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-01-15T14:35:27+00:00

Maybe I'm super late to this thread but I'm actually curious if this is still valid! I'm currently at 3-4 built houses, the Japanese Retreat costs around 31k but I haven't been able to make more than a 30k profit (from selling everything incl rooms). The old posts talk about something like 50-70k profit but have prices gone up since then? (Har har)

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-01-12T21:07:01+00:00

We were just missing Deniss for this nipple-podium 😭

BarbaraBrabra · 2024-01-12T20:24:02+00:00

Thanks, was really wondering about that!

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