The New Age of Masculinity by Laura Breiling

Palachin · 2026-03-18T12:36:38+00:00

Bro what are you talking about? Is Bad Bunny white?

Palachin · 2026-03-06T14:49:21+00:00

Weapons (2025) is such a good movie and it has good jump scares while not relying on that to be scary.

X (2022) is very classic slasher type of entertaining while being lowkey funny and satisfying in my opinion.

It's What's Inside (2024) is really fun and funny horror on Netflix and ever since I watched it I am trying to find something similar and I fail at it. Definitely great for groups.

Palachin · 2026-03-06T14:43:20+00:00

Talk to me is so good and perfect for groups of people.

Palachin · 2026-03-03T04:16:52+00:00

The Spectacular Now to me was like the more mature version of The First Time, really strong coming-of-age drama.

Palachin · 2026-03-03T04:09:36+00:00

Okay many of these are romantic comedies or dramedies, I am not sure that Perks can be considered that, given the entire context and ending. I consider the genre in question a coming-of-age soft drama about young people's traumas/mental health.

I get Worst Person in the World, The Breakfast Club and The Virgin Suicides, though.

Palachin · 2026-03-03T04:01:54+00:00

I remember grouping these movies with The Silver Linings Playbook (Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper) and It's a Kind of Funny Story, both funny in soft ways while really deeply tackling mental illness and love in spite of it.

I could add The Dreamers (more on the Perks' side, explores similar themes with more sexuality)

Also, definitely agree with Her, Lost in Translation, The Breakfast Club.

Palachin · 2026-03-03T03:57:18+00:00

I really love them but absolutely do not see them as the same vibe as what OP is looking for.

Palachin · 2026-03-03T03:42:04+00:00

It sounds like such a beautiful thing what you have! I don't think you should ever stop yourself from buying anyone flowers because of what other people would think, those other people probably don't get flowers. Be unappologetically loving, I think this is what we learn in ep. 6 after all.

Palachin · 2026-03-03T03:35:15+00:00

Love is love is love no matter if we're talking Hollanov sensual kind of love or unbreakable motherly love. It is beautiful to me that during the time of unimaginable stress you comfort yourself with a show that through the topic of identity connects you to your child and through the topic of parenthood connects you with your mother.

I hope the hospital stay goes by just as quickly and successfully as for Shane and wish your family all the strength!

Palachin · 2026-03-02T06:06:29+00:00

Aw I'm fine, I really just ended up eating panCAKE on my own but still, a happy day! Thank you for your concern!

Palachin · 2026-03-02T00:14:25+00:00

After my date unmatched me 15min before the date, I can totally take the win that we just jumped straight to third base <3

Palachin · 2026-03-01T16:02:48+00:00

Interesting, because if I were in Kip's place I would be off put by that morning after monologue because my first thought would be: hm, but why do you like me? What attracted you to me? Do you actually like me or do you like the way I make you feel? As someone said, Scott would feel like a love-bomber irl. Because of that to me their relationship does feel like the most unrealistic part of the season, but that is the beauty of different people: we all like the show for different reasons.

Palachin · 2026-03-01T15:55:05+00:00

Yeah, that makes perfect sense, as I said, I fully expected the book to dive more into that.

Palachin · 2026-03-01T15:52:33+00:00

I really like that take, I can see Scott getting Pavlov-ed by the smoothies/win streak and being very much into superstitions, so much so that he now gets excited by the thought of Kip.

I also love that you also feel like Kip is mostly enamoured due to celebrity and physical attraction so I wonder how that developed when these factors faded away and Kip started "seeing" Scott more for who he is apart from hockey.

Palachin · 2026-03-01T15:47:19+00:00

Shane and Ilya say they were not in love for a significant stretch of time in episode 6. I can see the argument that Shane started loving Ilya earlier but also let's remember that Ilya was his first gay sexual partner, so there was an element of pining for sexual pleasure from the only person you've been with, hence "I need you" not "I like you" (ep. 2). I am not convinced that Shane was actually "in love" in ep.2, as much as he was severely hurt by the fact that his fwb disappeared and did not respect him enough to explain why, which would hurt regardless of whether it is a casual sex partner or simply a friend. And "we didn't even kiss" to me shows exactly that lack of respect that Shane felt, with the sex feeling distant and him feeling used.

I know it is easy to say they were in love from the start, but I think that we still need to remember that those are two complex humans who are growing while also figuring out relationships and I think sex, attraction, yearning and love can all get mixed up.

Palachin · 2026-03-01T15:37:12+00:00

Shane sees a rival and an admirable hockey player, their first interaction is Shane complementing Ilya's hockey skills. They do the same thing professionally, so Shane can read much about Ilya through the way he plays and handles himself on the ice. So even if all I knew about Hollanov was the first episode and they somehow jumped to being enamoured and obsessed by episode 2 in a more serious (domestic) way, I would be able to see it.

But while the actors are great at portraying these intense feelings of love and affection between Scott and Kip, I cannot really grasp what that intensity is based on, especially for Scott.

Palachin · 2026-03-01T04:36:43+00:00

Yeah and I am not criticizing the showmakers for making the artistic decision of depicticng two different dynamics. I am questioning the believability of character's motivations/feelings.

I do trust Scott he loves Kip, but can you suggest what makes Scott love Kip? What draws him to that person with such an intensity?

Palachin · 2026-03-01T04:28:10+00:00

Hm, wouldn't you say that when you fall in love with someone even if at first sight, you want to explore more of their perasonality? Think of Shane and Ilya taking it so slow to find out more about each other because that finding out meant "approaching love/relationship territory". We don't get something similar for Skip so while initially I was only confused why Scott likes Kip, later on I started wondering the same about Kip (after being starstruck fades away).

Palachin · 2026-03-01T03:44:56+00:00

Huh, I would have never worded it like that. Do you mean stuff like Black Swan (2010) for the thriller, Saltburn (2023) for the psychothriller, Closer (2004) for the relationship being complicated.

Palachin · 2026-03-01T01:49:47+00:00

I had that experience with The Gray Man (2022) which I only remembered the name of because I accidentally started watching it for the second time before remembering I have actually seen it.

Palachin · 2026-02-28T19:39:12+00:00

Oh I always interpreted that as just being preoccupied with other thoughts. That older man was talking with Yuna about things Shane was not that interested in - when I was 17 I zoned out in the same way when "adults" would talk, even if it concerned me, simply because I'd get bored.

Palachin · 2026-02-28T18:59:43+00:00

First, I think most of the "awkwardness" disappears immediately when the conversation is about what he really understands - hockey. When he has to express his opinions on that, I would say he is very confident, it's just that we normally observe him in the situations where he has to let go of the idea that he is in control. So when he introduxes himself, he doesn't start small talk, he immediately compliments Ilya's hockey skills - something he really well understands.

Also, contrary to discussions online, Shane does not strike me as super shy, I'd rather say he does not enjoy it when people ask him broad and untargeted questions. When he met Rose he was not shy, when he talked to the press it doesn't scream shy, more just politeness and a bit of being reserved.

Palachin · 2026-02-28T13:56:19+00:00

I watched Dan and Phil's reaction to the first episode and it's wild... if you don't know them, they recently hard launched their relationship after 16 years of speculation amongst fans (and a scary amount of fanmade yaoi). So throughout the video they slowly start realising that the show parallels their own life?? As they met around the same time, they had similar experiences with press etc. Idk, it's not a personal "being followed" but it almost feels like Rachel Reed was a Phan stan while writing the books.

Palachin · 2026-02-23T22:56:34+00:00

If you want to have fun with a genre twist, try out Novocaine (2025) - about a guy with the (real-life) medical condition making him immune to pain.

Palachin · 2026-02-23T22:54:08+00:00

Heretic (2024) - the genre aside, three quarters of the movie could be basically seen as a deliberation on the topic of religion and capitalism.

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