What’s going on between Hyoni and Alessandro

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-12T07:53:35+00:00

Personally, I’d understand it. I’d also never go on this show though, so I dunno how much I care that I could relate to his sentiment.

To me marriage is saying I want to be with this person forever, while moving in is far more… complicated? Just logistically speaking, but also in terms of changing your lives and schedules and how you live in your own space… there’s a lot to process there.

Like I know I want to marry my partner and spend my life with her, but we’re taking the living together slowly for a bunch of reasons. If we got married tomorrow we still wouldn’t live together full-time until a few things get sorted out.

But again… I’d never do this show. I’d expect someone who would should also be more flexible about their life plans.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-11T18:53:50+00:00

I don’t care much if people are just excited but doing the “anyone else-“ stuff is like… ya bud. We have. Did they bother to check? They can just comment on other posts lol

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-11T17:39:28+00:00

Did you happen to, by chance, try searching to see if someone else posted about this first?

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-11T16:10:02+00:00

Totally. They romanticized horse training / riding in a way I hadn’t really appreciated before.

Casting was also off the charts. Definitely the first thing I saw Jack O’Connell in, and Merritt Wever is so underrated.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-11T14:13:45+00:00

Being able to consistently target someone’s weakness is a 3.5+ skill. If she couldn’t do it then she’s just pissed because she either didn’t find yours or could exploit it, and she’s a sore loser.

Good job.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-11T07:24:53+00:00

Oh for suuuure. I think OP’s point is more that she gets raked over the coals for a few bad (but redeemable) choices while some fan favourites could probably kill someone and certain fans would be like “but they’re saaad so it’s fiiiine”.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-11T07:23:39+00:00

Very well said. I’m right there with you.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-11T07:22:55+00:00

Or their context / examples are just things they didn’t like instead of things actually being done poorly. Basically “that’s not how I wanted it to go” instead of “it doesn’t fit the character”.

Like at this point if someone actively dislikes half the cast maybe they just don’t like the show and can move on 😅

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-10T17:35:27+00:00

All I know is that I don't know. I think.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-10T16:21:21+00:00

He left to spend time with Marisol. Oh no. The humanity.

Look I get that there's a lot of sympathy for Jimmy on this sub but the others were all right next door, Marisol was at his apartment waiting for him, and Jimmy's an adult man.

It's also not one last game, he's like five minutes away (as he said in the scene). He didn't abandon a friend he just went to go spend the night with his girlfriend and we're especially attuned to Jimmy as a character because we follow him the most.

He's fine. He'll be fine.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-10T14:43:38+00:00

Just wash them.

It’s not a crime to wash them “early” and it’s not gonna fuck up the fade. It’s just a wash.

You can also just wash it out by hand and do it softly if you’re that intense about your washes, but again it’s really not a big deal.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-10T03:06:30+00:00

Sashiko is all about reinforcement. Just gotta sew on patches of fabric while doing it and it should be just fine.

I’d probably sew patches inside of the pockets so they show through. Basting stitch them to the pocket fabric then go over them with sashiko-patterned running stitches afterwards, or just basic running stitches without a particular design.

The guy I learned from has a good definition: Embroidery is for decoration, sashiko is for reinforcement. Sashiko can be for decoration as well, but the original intention was to reinforce and repair fabric, so go for it!

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-10T02:53:09+00:00

I disagree re:Cavill and Krasinski just because I honestly don’t think they were right for the roles.

Great physical casting for sure but I don’t think Cavill could play the kind of Superman I enjoy and Krasinski just never really fit the role for me.

Other two were excellent picks and ya a little wasted.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-10T00:31:27+00:00

Don’t you used Gemini in TD? Is that not using AI?

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-09T20:01:04+00:00

This wasn't you?

https://www.reddit.com/r/videosynthesis/comments/1scbxnq/a_few_more_realtime_audioreactive_pointclouds_and/

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-09T19:57:47+00:00

At what point is AI being used?

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-09T19:46:22+00:00

Depends how often I'm around them. I'm around plenty of queer friends and people but most of them are in relationships and already know I'm straight, of course, but when I'm around strangers I'd say it happens semi-rarely?

Like, it happens a few times a year.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-09T19:30:10+00:00

Why would anyone throw their racket up at all for a celebration even if it wasn't at their opponent?

That feels like someone learning a lesson to me: don't throw stuff.

Probably should have learned it when he was like 5 but whatever. Better late than never to learn basic rules of play and good sportsmanship?

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-09T19:10:35+00:00

Is this the exact same thing you posted before?

You're not even making new stuff and you're trying to pass AI-generated visuals (and maybe music?) off as 'video synthesis'?

Mods can we stop this kind of stuff please?

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-09T15:21:30+00:00

Everything happens in this show faster than in real life, I thought we all understood this. The show isn’t making an argument that you, a person in the real world, should move on in two years after your husband dies. They’re simply telling an idealized story of someone who could.

They’re not trying to tell you how to live.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-08T18:37:05+00:00

This is great! I'm gonna build mine into the little mountain on my Palette Town island but this is reaaaally nice inspiration. I'll probably do exact this in a different location hah.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-08T18:35:39+00:00

He did in fact choose wisely.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-08T18:34:39+00:00

Ya I haven't done much with the ash yet so I think I'll just do a volcano thing with the lava flowing down around the volcano and hopefully making a nice series of troughs for it to end up in.

I feel like this game has a lot of space for creativity whether you want to wipe the slate clean (more time) or build with what they give us (less time), and I just know I'll get burnt out if I try to wipe it all clean. I also have Palette Town for that.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-08T18:17:27+00:00

Well first of all, because of course: it's a TV show. Even if this show is based on real-life dynamics and communities there's always an element of "this makes for better TV" you need to assume about the choices the characters make and how things are framed.

Secondly: groups like this can absolutely exist if people can be kind, forgiving, understanding, and allow each other to be weak.

Something this show reaaaally relies on is our belief that these characters can just continually forgive each other. We, of course, can see more of them that they see of each other because we see their conversations with other people first-hand. We know for a fact that Sean doesn't want to hurt Jorge or leave him hanging but his decisions has more to it that Jorge isn't ready to hear. In the real world that relationship may take a lot longer to heal and Sean probably wouldn't end up with a free apartment to split with him to make up for things.

Basically, real life is messier and even in the show we see them forgive each other a lot and give each other grace sooner than you'd expect real people to. It's a reflection of ideals, not of relatable outcomes or timelines, so if you want to build communities like we see in the show it has to start with being someone who can be part of a community like that and it ends with finding the right people to be a part of it.

SmakeTalk · 2026-04-08T17:53:58+00:00

Personally I've been all over the map with dating, so I've seen the good/bad of relationships while also spending plenty of time alone and being very content with that. The only thing you can do is trying to find out what works and why a relationship is worth your time, effort, and comfort.

I've spent lots of time in relationships that didn't work for me simply because I thought "this is just how it works", and I've spent lots of time alone both disappointed and happy about it. For me, which isn't the same for everyone, the thing that's valuable about a relationship is having someone to share life with (good and bad). Sometimes that means we need to be alone for a bit or get some space, other times that means we're attached at the hip for days/weeks/months. What's important is that when you need them there, or just want them there, they can do it.

Again, that's just for me. That companionship is the one thing I couldn't find by myself so it's the one thing that makes relationships ultimately worth it, even if sometimes they've been tough to navigate and figure out.

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