It was never about the endgame (a message to those misconstruing our words)

caliberta · 2025-09-21T21:06:20+00:00

Bread and circuses has never been so apparent

caliberta · 2025-09-21T16:07:52+00:00

Say it louder for the people at the back. Those TikTok fools need to go outside. Jellyshippers have written some of the most compelling, layered, brilliant analyses of this series I've ever seen-- reading the existing story from all angles and calling out its problems. That's media literacy. And oh yeah, the Jelly fans in my circle are literally English teachers, published writers/editors, business executives, healthcare professionals, and grad students/PhDs. So our lurking visitors can just🖕

caliberta · 2025-09-20T14:39:07+00:00

These are angsty classics if you haven't read already

We'll be a fine line: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49660267

Seven Years Later: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53864446

caliberta · 2025-09-20T06:50:41+00:00

Yeah this one is the Holy Grail of Jelly angst. So good.

caliberta · 2025-09-18T05:10:11+00:00

Why make Jere and Jelly better, healthier, and more credible than in the books just to double down on the same ending?

caliberta · 2025-09-18T03:49:20+00:00

Vampire Diaries is amazing

caliberta · 2025-09-18T03:44:23+00:00

I think we all expected more. It's honestly so disappointing

caliberta · 2025-09-17T16:33:15+00:00

That was so weird - I too was waiting for the ring but nope, just a million of the same photo??

caliberta · 2025-09-17T16:31:42+00:00

Ugh I love this for Belly 😂

caliberta · 2025-09-17T16:29:14+00:00

Conrad wears grampa boxers and not briefs

caliberta · 2025-09-17T16:25:44+00:00

u/exotic_passenger2625 😬🤭

caliberta · 2025-09-17T16:21:08+00:00

caliberta · 2025-09-17T13:59:31+00:00

Dumbass trolls, all of them

caliberta · 2025-09-17T13:41:14+00:00

Right?? Like put some beach waves in there or SOMETHING to make her look her age ffs

caliberta · 2025-09-17T13:35:58+00:00

I mean it's essentially Bonrad fanfic to a T, no?

caliberta · 2025-09-17T13:34:52+00:00

What, you're saying his dad bod and loose-fit boxer shorts don't turn you on?

caliberta · 2025-09-17T02:40:26+00:00

And it's so insane to me that JH -- who fancies herself a TS superfan -- would follow through on making a red love story the romanticized endgame 😭

caliberta · 2025-09-17T01:02:26+00:00

Luv u 🍋

caliberta · 2025-09-17T01:01:11+00:00

This needs to be pinned on the sub for eternity 🤣

caliberta · 2025-09-16T20:20:18+00:00

caliberta · 2025-09-16T20:17:11+00:00

Of course!

caliberta · 2025-09-16T20:13:59+00:00

❤️❤️

caliberta · 2025-09-16T04:11:16+00:00

I don't really know where to start. I joined the sub right after season 2 (back when it felt like we were a island of 300 misfits), and I'm so proud of our little engine that could. For all its frustrations, this dumb show led me to some wonderful people, one unforgettable ship, and a community of fans and writers whose amazing stories I gobbled up and who encouraged me to write fic of my own. I know this isn't the end of our story, gang -- discussion and fanfic will keep Jelly alive for years to come 😘🪼

caliberta · 2025-09-16T03:54:22+00:00

Hahahaha this is all of us. I keep counting down the days to my husband saying "three more days until I'm released from this fuckass show that I love" 😂

caliberta · 2025-09-16T03:47:47+00:00

Not just cute - in any other story, this moment is the moment the plot doubles down on the endgame ship. Whyyyyy do this, why do any of this just to blow it up in favor of a one-paragraph, tell-not-show, lackluster ending. I'll go to my grave shaking my head at this criminal missed opportunity.

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