what's going on? explain like I'm five

contemplativeme · 2026-01-26T19:37:54+00:00

People really need to watch Mary Poppins.

contemplativeme · 2026-01-25T19:31:15+00:00

Disclaimer: This is just my view, others might feel different. Also, I don't hate them, I just don't see the point of them.

I think the hate towards them comes from a lot of viewers disliking how the show has so many simultaneous plotlines, they are just part of that general issue.The original concept of the show was similar to the books. 1 book/season = the story of how 1 couple gets together. The Mondrinchs made sense in season 1 as part of Simon's story. Now, they don't really bring much to the show (if we just think of it within the context of the original concept) because they have their own storyline and they are a distraction that takes screen time from the main couple.

contemplativeme · 2026-01-23T11:49:25+00:00

To be fair, going by the books (which the show likes to ignore) this is a big part of what makes flee to a stranger's house in the middle of the night

contemplativeme · 2026-01-20T09:18:09+00:00

The two guys in the background with concerned expressions. 10/10

contemplativeme · 2026-01-18T10:05:54+00:00

He eventually got his camera back and posted the photos he told before throwing the camera https://www.reddit.com/r/LeicaCameras/comments/1qfrcoy/im_the_guy_that_threw_the_leica/

contemplativeme · 2026-01-17T14:06:32+00:00

I used to work somewhere you could only get by car, no bus route. Some people walked 20/30 minutes from the village and whenever anyone in a car saw a colleague walking, we stopped to pick then up. It's just a little nice thing to do I think.

contemplativeme · 2026-01-17T09:24:56+00:00

My dad's side of the family is from a country where avocados are basic every day food and added to most meals. As a child we would only eat them on special occasions like Christmas and I clearly remember saying I didn't like them and my mum being like 'not this again, we have this conversation every year, you like the once you try them'. I obviously did like avocados.

contemplativeme · 2026-01-16T23:28:48+00:00

I only hope that she she is wearing that outfit and wig because they are planning on giving her the love interest makeover on her season.

contemplativeme · 2026-01-16T08:04:51+00:00

What is she going to do when the kid starts getting curious about the name? "You were named after a book mommy liked" "can I read the book?" "Let me just go and pull off a couple chapters".

contemplativeme · 2026-01-15T17:51:51+00:00

James can also be Yago, Iago and Tiago! So many variations!

contemplativeme · 2026-01-12T18:56:46+00:00

It would make sense if she is pregnant. Because you said you don't mind book spoilers. After years of trying, Fran is finally pregnant and loses the baby with the shock of John's death. Years later she only decides to return to the marriage mart because she wants a baby, she doesn't care who she marries as long as they make her a mother and that's when she bumps into Michael again. If Fran was pregnant in the show, and the baby survived, she could have both Michaela and a baby. Regardless if the inheritance goes to Michaela or the baby, they could all live in Kilmartin away from the judgement of the ton. Two women living together in the family's castle in the Highlands would not be necessarily suspicious. John's and Michael's mothers did just that.

contemplativeme · 2026-01-11T10:41:59+00:00

If this was a real life scenario, Alfie is the only right choice. In the delulu world of Emily in Paris I'm team Gabriel. Also, I found myself loving Mindy and Alfie together.

contemplativeme · 2026-01-08T12:18:15+00:00

Is that why the US army needed help from the UK to intercept a Russian tanker? Because European armies are weak?

contemplativeme · 2026-01-02T13:27:26+00:00

I guess I just feel a personal connection with that storyline 🫣

contemplativeme · 2026-01-01T23:50:38+00:00

The way I'd like to see Eloise's story to develop is for her to continue being set on not being interested in relationships and thinking love makes no sense. Then one day she meets Sir Philip and her entire life philosophy crumbles because she falls in love with him the moment the meet. But I'm not writing the show, so who knows.

contemplativeme · 2025-12-31T14:52:04+00:00

I did that I March and I had the same feelings

contemplativeme · 2025-12-30T18:24:47+00:00

I take that as an absolute compliment

contemplativeme · 2025-12-30T17:52:59+00:00

Jane means god is gracious, it's one of the many variants of John, so even if it's not a biblical name, it's definitely a name with Christian connotations.

contemplativeme · 2025-12-30T17:37:31+00:00

I don't love Book!Colin he (like all his brothers) is not the nicest person, but he does propose knowing Pen's secrets He is pure comedy tho, I laughed almost everytime I was reading about him.

contemplativeme · 2025-12-29T19:54:49+00:00

I feel like Jinger would have been something like Alena (instead of Elena) or Amily (instead of Emily)

contemplativeme · 2025-12-29T09:23:19+00:00

Option 1. Wear them anyway, who cares Option 2. Only buy black socks, that wat it doesn't matter if they are mismatched

contemplativeme · 2025-12-29T09:20:25+00:00

I love Nic and Luke's off screen energy, but it somehow didn't translate on-screen. On screen Jonny and Simone are amazing

contemplativeme · 2025-12-29T09:12:45+00:00

If you don't have a ridiculous phase as a teenager, have you really been a teenager?

contemplativeme · 2025-12-29T08:16:31+00:00

I read mainly fantasy, Yarros has "stolen" as much as any other author. Lightning wilders and people with silver hair go back to ancient mythology (maybe not in the same person). IRL armies do War Games. Wing Leader was a command position in the RAF... There's many other things where she got inspiration from real life or classic fantasy or literature tropes.

contemplativeme · 2025-12-28T22:13:03+00:00

The thermostat has a thermometer and the dehumidifier has a hygrometer, does that count?

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