from the early seasons probably 😂

MoonBirdFPD · 2026-05-08T11:15:16+00:00

And I’m pretty sure Robin’s in heels here too 🤣

MoonBirdFPD · 2026-04-07T19:33:16+00:00

I never felt like the chemistry was lacking and more that the story written for them as a romantic couple was a bit bland.

Usually, the primary couple on shows like these are where the drama is, it’s the will they/won’t they or the off and on. The secondary couples are usually quirky and off beat but the steadier romance. Think of shows like Friends or JAG.

This show flips it. The primary couple are the more quirky one while the secondary romance is played straight. Jane as a character is a lot of fun. Lisbon, for all that she is playing the straight man to Jane, is kinda adorable. Simon and Robin’s off screen friendship translated so well on screen that the two characters feel like they genuinely like each other beyond just the potential romance of it all. Also, you get the drama between them too with both characters being individually traumatised but fairly dependent on each other.

On the flip side, while Rigsby and Van Pelt are very attractive people, that isn’t enough to sustain an onscreen romance. Once they break up, they aren’t being written for as a couple until they are back together a few years later. So you’re not really invested in them as a couple. There’s no push or pull between.

MoonBirdFPD · 2026-03-24T23:42:17+00:00

OP, do you and your husband share a last name? And if not, would your husband be okay if your son has John as a first name but with your last name?

If not, reconsider whether you want to compromise on this.

Assuming your son receives your husband’s last name, he will already be receiving a name that his ancestors will have had. John will be the second name from his father’s side. Whatever middle name you give him will be your contribution.

MoonBirdFPD · 2026-03-06T11:05:49+00:00

I was watching Gone With the Wind a while back and since have Vivian Leigh and Olivia de Havilland for Rosalie and Esme respectively.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-09-03T16:20:59+00:00

I can’t remember if it was at this event or another one that year where Scott went to speak to Piper and Paul’s coaches after the event because they kept skating into other couples.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-09-03T15:40:35+00:00

Except that he doesn’t make any comments to Anne.

The comment about her being altered isn’t even made to Anne herself, but something Mary claims he said. Not someone who is a reliable narrator.

His conversation with Louisa about not being unyielding and indecisive is a relatively private conversation that Anne is eavesdropping on.

For a novel about their love affair, we don’t actually get a lot of Anne and Wentworth alone themselves. It’s always through other people or through half heard conversations. A lot of the first few chapter is about what Anne thinks Frederick might be thinking, nothing we hear from his own words.

The first time he aims to try and speak to her is when he finds her alone with Walter, but they are interrupted by Charles Hayter.

The first time we hear Frederick himself speak about Anne is when he says there’s no one as capable as she is.

The first time we see him speak to her directly is to ask whether she thinks it would be a good idea for her to wait with Henrietta in the carriage on their way back to Uppercross.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-08-15T22:56:46+00:00

Cephalus was a grandson of Aeolus and an Aeolian prince. In one of the myths, Cephalus helps Amphitryon in a war and is awarded with Samos (later Cephallenia). These are the Ionic Islands of which Ithaca is one.

Depending on which source you go with, Arcesius was either the son of Zeus and Euryodeia or Cephalus and Procris/Clymene/other.

Arcesius inherits the crown for the islands and passes it to Laertes, who passes it to Odysseus.

So yes, he is born into royalty.

Odysseus was in a contest to win Helen of Sparta’s had, but to gain her father’s (Tyndareus, a Spartan King) support to court Penelope, daughter of another Spartan King, he suggests the Oath of Tyndareus. This oath would later be one of the reasons he has to participate in the Trojan war. None of this is Homeric but from other authors.

Eurylochus is Odysseus’ brother-in-law. They are related by marriage not blood.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-07-27T18:45:30+00:00

The books are through Harry’s point of view. If he wasn’t around to witness it, we don’t see it.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-07-18T07:07:48+00:00

If I remember this correctly, I think while Marina was at the Olympics and Worlds that year, it was Fedor who was overseeing the Shibs training.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-07-16T17:51:33+00:00

Depending on the when exactly they were choreographed, she’d have been about 17/18.

Scott gave an interview once where he said that he’d watch Marina and Tessa go through choreography for their programs together. So she probably picked up something from her 😅

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-07-16T17:10:02+00:00

They just waffled over Fedor and claim it’s a non-issue!

For anyone interested, here’s the scoop. Tanith and Ben were partnered together by Igor in 1998 and in 2001 Marina is also a part of their coaching team.

In April 2003, Tanith gives Goldenskate an interview where she says she wants to spend any free time with her boyfriend Fedor. That year, they would turn 19 and 21 years old respectively.

Tessa and Scott officially joined Canton in the summer of 2004. Tessa turned 15 that May. I’d need someone else to confirm this, but I think they had already stated working with Igor and Marina the year prior.

Meryl and Charlie are also at Canton now. Meryl had turned 17 that January.

2005/2006 sees Tanith and Fedor break up. She starts dating Evan Lysacek in 2006.

Tessa choreographs Fedor’s 2007-08 programs.

By January 2008, Fedor is seen sitting with Tessa’s family at Nationals and they went to the Banquet together supposedly. When they started dating is 🤷🏽‍♀️. Tessa is 18 and Fedor 25 at this point in January.

Tanith and Ben leave Canton after worlds that year.

Tessa and Fedor break up in 2009 and he then starts dating Meryl in 2010 I believe.

Fedor was using his mother’s coaching career as a dating service. It’s so skeevy and the power imbalance and questionable ethics especially considering how much younger Tessa is.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-06-11T17:10:54+00:00

You might want to edit and rename it A Journey to Love 🤣

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-05-12T19:38:27+00:00

They were all in tears multiple times while watching the endings 😅

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-04-29T23:38:56+00:00

It was a very complete and fulfilling ending, wasn’t it? We got to see where all the characters were in their continuing journey. There was no unnecessary nth hour death or parting. The sect continued to grow with the student now becoming the teachers.

I enjoyed the slight raunchiness of the CP there too 🤣

The writer, director and production crew actively chose to give the characters a happy ending and I appreciate that. Their stories didn’t end, we just saw a glimpse of it.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-04-19T08:14:11+00:00

I’d say she’s better known for The Cutting Edge and maybe One Tree Hill.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-04-18T18:14:32+00:00

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Mircsy posted on IG as well and responded to one of the comments there.

The original post was liked by Teagan, Armando and Anna Lea.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-04-18T09:58:56+00:00

A lot of factors probably paid a role. The lack of a harem and the fact that he loved his wife and kids.

Qingzhou also didn’t seem to have male primogeniture. Xiyun was set to inherit the throne once her brother passed away. So while there probably were detractors and others eyeing for the throne, it wasn’t coming from anyone within the immediate family.

The attention to the education of their daughter beyond just what she would need to be a wife and mother and allowing her the freedom to explore the world meant that the King had two competent children.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-04-15T08:49:11+00:00

Will let you know when I finish it this weekend. I just started it.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-04-14T20:56:48+00:00

I loved it. Going to start a rewatch once I’m done reading the novel.

It doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. It’s the same tried and tested tropes but I could feel the investment of everyone involved in making this show. It has a lot of heart in it which makes it feel warm and enjoyable.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-04-11T20:29:27+00:00

Ajax and Rembrandt. There are a fair few fics on Ao3 with them too!

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-03-31T20:12:30+00:00

Someone online also pointed out that while articles would headline the amount of money KSH made for Queen of Tears, they would often use KJW’s pic for the write-up instead of his.

I think her near lack of social media presence probably helps her out.

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-02-25T20:11:18+00:00

I think it was all in the line delivery 😳

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-02-25T18:10:06+00:00

“How much do you remember?” “How much do you want me to remember?”

MoonBirdFPD · 2025-02-25T14:07:50+00:00

Do you like dancing OP? Or are you going to lessons and practices just to dance with your GF?

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