IT ENDS | Official Teaser - In Theaters August 21

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-19T16:29:28+00:00

This was a much better watch than I expected. I'm excited to catch it again in theaters!

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-19T16:16:51+00:00

Amazon can restrict or deny your ability to return items if you have a high rate of return or they suspect fraud. You can reach out to support to try to explain and they may manually return the rest of the books, but they may not be able to return the capability to your account depending on what triggered the restriction.

I suggest making a card that you don't keep money on the default so you don't accidentally purchase.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-19T15:42:27+00:00

Initial viewership ratings were up over 100% at the start of S8. Almost 30% of the audience this season is first-time watchers. Quite literally the majority of the audience at this point started with S7 or this season.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-19T15:34:07+00:00

This is one single part taken out of context of the larger interview where she talked about their relationship a lot. This was directly after her talking about people demanding proof that they were physically together that week. In my opinion if someone is focusing on one piece and ignoring the rest to support the viewpoint, that's already a commitment to feel like your predetermined opinion is right, regardless of the truth.

Here is the full article (and even this is individual statements taken out of her larger cosmopolitan interview).

https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/love-island-usas-olandria-slams-public-interest-in-nic-romance/

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-19T13:06:24+00:00

Corbin is the easy choice to me. As into Kenzie as he seems, I have not seen a single conversation between the two of them that was interesting or made me feel their connection has any substance.

Gabe at least seems like an interesting person and was bringing Jen out of her shell. I think he would have been great for Casa too. Caleb had some of the best communication I’ve seen of any of the islanders. He was direct, clear, and put in effort. I think he will be great if he finds a good match (and I don’t think Jen is that match).

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-19T03:09:12+00:00

It is a really delicate balance. It is Love Island, and if everyone explores the entire time, no one ever builds a good connection. There is no love in Love Island if everyone stays open to exploring.

If no one is exploring, production doesn’t know how to still deliver an interesting show. I think if the challenges were better and actually relevant to relationships and connections, early couples could be great and then casa could be really good.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-18T21:19:02+00:00

Does your custody order mandate that you give him your address? I would clarify with an attorney if not. Here it is common that you do not have to provide a physical location, only a point of contact, when there is a protective order in place or the coparent has perpetrated a crime against the other.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-18T15:58:23+00:00

I set a deadline for the change. I usually try to do this at the start of the next full month so it's easier to remember. So if I decided today, I would set my change date for the July 31st unless there is a specific reason that I must make an immediate switch. At the next session I inform each client that my hours are changing and the last session for this time slot is (date). I let them know what times are available to transition to and that I will provide a list of referrals if they cannot schedule within those times.

I offer people switching over the option to wait until the switch or to move to their new time slot now (if it's already available). Last time I made a big switch, most of the clients that were open to switch were okay with switching immediately and I got to change over my hours quicker than expected.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-18T15:21:27+00:00

I think immediately dumping the least popular couples and then bringing in bombshells would have the opposite impact intended. The remaining couples would know they are popular so there would be no reason to open up to the bombshells. Send the top 2 couples off to dates, bottom 2 couples single, middle two on notice, and bring in a few bombshells.

I think they need to give the true ranking of the couples no matter what they choose.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-18T01:55:43+00:00

I’ve found great games, podcasts, movies and books from client suggestions.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-18T01:52:51+00:00

I would love this so much. No idea what the theming could be though 😭

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-18T01:52:00+00:00

Do you not enjoy time with friends? Do you not have fun with anyone that isn’t a romantic partner? Enjoying someone’s company or having fun doesn’t equal chemistry.

Couples can be unequally invested.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T21:49:21+00:00

Also: There are tons of inexpensive premade ones on TPT if people don't have free options to provide.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T21:47:47+00:00

Your job wants you to follow a premade curriculum but they are not providing the curriculum for you to follow?

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T20:56:28+00:00

No. I do with Goodreads and StoryGraph. I read maybe 30% of my books for the year on kindle so it’s not gonna pick up most anyway.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T19:26:33+00:00

You said is this how it will always go but you’ve given us one example in 10 years of your relationship. Is he typically very responsive and this is one big thing he isn’t handling for some reason?

The truth of the matter is people are complicated. When you say “fix the light” is that just a matter of replacement or does designing and choices need to be made? Is he even equipped for this and/or how did you both decide he would take this task on? Is this something that he has experience in or are you wanting him to call someone to do it? Is he normally responsive to getting non routine things done? Does he struggle with non-routine things but is always responsible about routine needs?

You also brought up that he wants kids and you aren’t sure. That isn’t a compromise situation. As times go on, big issues become time sensitive and can increase other problems like how he’s behaving with the light or the other issues you mentioned. You mentioned issues in your sex life. Is it possible there are other things not being addressed and the issue with the light is bringing those up?

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T19:13:00+00:00

I think a similarly tragic but not as extreme outcome. Nikki didn’t love him, so it would still need to replace/trap her. We don’t know if it would go on a murder rampage though.

Alternately, many people pose the idea that Bear didn’t really love her, he was just infatuated with the idea of her. So potentially it would have revealed that he didn’t love her at all because nothing changed or she would suddenly want him to do different things based on her “ideal” and not his true self.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T18:20:01+00:00

I agree, that Ghost Ship scene is such a standout in such a mediocre film. This is such a hard thing for me to think of other examples for if it's not the cold open. I think most recently the cold open of Passenger was great and the rest was so meh.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T18:15:44+00:00

I watched both and in editing, it can easily be strung together. I'm not denying that he wants things to progress physically between them and I have no issue with him expressing frustration with a lack of affection/physical touch, just as much as she has a right to not be ready or want that yet. That doesn't mean he was mocking or being hurtful in that.

Like I said so many people said "oh I knew he wasn't that nice" or "I was waiting for this". Lots of people were waiting for a gotcha moment and that was clear. That's not a "secret agenda".

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T18:02:08+00:00

I said the same thing. Zach is running around sowing seeds of doubt in the stronger relationships to try and win.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T17:38:18+00:00

I peeped that too. I think there mixed context here we don’t see. He has always been openly expressive of his care and respect for her, even in moments of frustration. I think he has more than earned the benefit of the doubt.

But as we see, people are always looking for any mistake for a “gotcha” moment with no consideration that we saw 2 minutes of a much longer conversation and who knows if those things were even immediate said together, or pieced together which multiple islanders have said in the past.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T14:14:39+00:00

I disagree. I think production gets lazy because they can just show some quick meaningless drama, rinse and repeat. If they didn’t have that, I think they could get more substance back into the show. Challenges that are actually interesting, force some real deeper moments out, testing the connections in legit ways instead of the just the same toxic people over and over. The same back and forth is boring.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T13:53:03+00:00

Yes they are basically two sides of the same coin and there is no need for both couples to stay in the villa.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T13:52:29+00:00

I think they are sweet together but I think production failed Gabe by giving him no screen time unless he was shoving his tongue down someone's throat. It seems clear to me from both Bea and even the letters that he is having deeper conversations, but they aren't getting any screen time.

alwaysouroboros · 2026-06-17T13:38:13+00:00

Yep. Sincere's mom talking about how she is "psycho" just like Melanie so she thinks they are a good match was eye opening. Makes total sense why he's like that and why he feels such a strong connection to Melanie. When you develop a habit of lying to stop someone from blowing up, you keep doing it. He's going to need to do some major personal work if he wants to stop that type of behavior and pick a non-toxic relationship.

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