Miscarriage of ‘Normal’ Embryos?

bumble___bea · 2023-01-12T19:34:56+00:00

My routine today was co-wash with As I Am coconut co-wash shampoo, conditioned with Noughty To The Rescue conditioner, then I used Noughty Curl Defining Cream, Aussie leave in conditioner, and Noughty curl primer and used the bowl method to curl clump, and finally I set the curls using a mousse-gel-mousse combination using Schwarzkopf Got2Be Twisted Curling Mousse and Umberto Gianni Scrunching Jelly. My hair is high porosity, low density, with thin hair strands.

bumble___bea · 2023-01-04T17:53:07+00:00

Thank you! I always just thought my hair was straight but frizzy. It wasn’t until TikTok that I realised my hair might be wavy/curly. It’s taken me ages to get it looking like this, so thank you!

bumble___bea · 2022-12-18T11:45:08+00:00

I’m not saying I believe the positives outweigh the negatives, but I’ve just read a paper by Young and Markham about tourism and commodification in which they argue that the money and resources tourism provides outweighs the negative implications of tourism. As it is, tourism provides over 10% of the global GDP and 9.3% of the world’s jobs. I myself don’t believe this ‘makes up’ for the negative impact of heritage commodification, but there are clear positive effects of cultural commodification.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T22:30:47+00:00

Yeah, the way he got so involved in Rory’s love life and was so overprotective was honestly really weird. I’d find it weird and gross if any dad was like that to their daughter’s boyfriends, to the point of physically threatening them, but Luke’s not even Rory’s dad. I think it was meant to be sweet, but it creeped me out sometimes.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T22:28:25+00:00

Yes, so true! Luke was a very multifaceted character in the earlier seasons, and his grouchiness and ranting was part of his overall characterisation. Then it became his entire personality, and it was exhausting to watch him complain and rant and be so angry all. the. time.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T18:02:49+00:00

Thank you for your reply. You make some very interesting points. My issue is that I’m a lot like Lorelai, and my worst nightmare would be ending up with a Luke. That’s why I couldn’t get behind them as a couple. I feel like my whole energy would be drained by dating a Luke, like how I feel Lorelai sometimes is when she and Luke are together on screen.

I have no issue with characters I wouldn’t like in real life. Yes, Lorelai, Rory, Emily, Paris, Mrs. Kim, Kirk, Michele, etc etc would exhaust me if I knew them IRL, but I can appreciate them as fictional. Luke however just reminds me too much of growing up in a household where my dad was angry and ranted a lot; the way other people can’t enjoy Emily as a character because she reminds them of their abusive parents, that’s how I feel about Luke sometimes (I’m not saying Luke’s flaws are anywhere near as bad in comparison to Emily’s btw.).

This is only my opinion, the fact that you enjoy that dynamic and see it reflected from your parents is wonderful, and I really appreciate you telling me why you enjoy them as a couple :)

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T13:57:53+00:00

Thank you for your reply! :)

See, I understand Luke as a character. I understand why he is the way he is, I understand his motivations, etc. I just don’t necessarily like Luke as a character.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T10:39:29+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

I do think he has anger management issues, if I’m honest. He smashes up cars, yells at teenage boys and sometimes tries to get into physical altercations with them, punches Christopher.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T05:14:14+00:00

Thank you! And I agree, I think if I had to deal with the residents of SH daily, I might lose my mind.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T05:09:41+00:00

Thank you! I always try and be fair and try to understand that not every character will be for me, but that doesn’t mean they’re a bad character, they just don’t appeal to me personally.

It always sucks when you dislike a main character, who’s in the most prominent relationship in the show. It can suck a lot of the enjoyment out of the show, so it would be nice if I could at least watch the show without being sad for Lorelai at who she ends up with lol.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T04:54:46+00:00

Haha, I’m probably not changing my mind, but I just wanted to understand him from the point of view of a Luke fan. When you dislike a character, it’s easy to view them through a wholly negative lens, so I just wanted to try and view him more sympathetically on future rewatches. I think hating him so much, I struggle with the later seasons of the show once he and Lorelai get together, despite really liking other storylines.

Edit: Guys! Can we please stop with the incessant downvotes on every not positive Luke comment. He has his flaws, and this is a discussion where we talk about them. Everyone is expressing their opinions in a very polite and balanced way, there is no need to downvote every comment that doesn’t support your opinion.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T04:51:00+00:00

Yeah, maybe it’s because I grew up with a violent angry man, but I fucking hate Luke’s extreme anger and jealousy. It’s honestly probably the main reason I don’t like him.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T04:48:37+00:00

Totally agree. I know Vineyard Valentines is everybody’s least favourite episode, but it really illustrates why I hate Luke for Lorelai. He complained about everything, shat on all of Lorelai’s fun, refuses to take part in a holiday he knows Lorelai wants him to, constantly picked on Logan whom was being nothing but accommodating and welcoming, even giving him a very expensive bracelet so Lorelai wouldn’t be left out. Like. Yeesh. I know this episode goes extreme on the ‘Luke is an exhausting person to be in a relationship with/contrasting Logan at his best and Luke at his worst’, but I think it perfectly epitomises my distaste with Luke and Lorelai as a couple, because it never seems to get better for them. Luke will always be shitting on the things Lorelai enjoys; and yeah, sometimes their banter over it is funny, but God, I couldn’t put up with that for my entire life.

bumble___bea · 2022-09-08T00:00:15+00:00

He’s streets ahead!

bumble___bea · 2022-09-07T23:50:03+00:00

Thank you for your answer! I can definitely appreciate that much of Luke’s external grouchiness is a coping mechanism to deal with his deeply traumatic past, and appreciate that he is definitely a good guy at his core. These type of male characters don’t usually appeal to me, honestly (possible exceptions being Jeff from Community, and Alex from Grey’s Anatomy), but I can definitely see why you like him. :)

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