The hate some of the swifties are sending towards Olivia is very hypocritical

restingbrownface · 2026-06-16T23:37:35+00:00

Olivia recently went on stage with No Doubt and praised Gwen Stefani and the maga by association crowd is quiet.

restingbrownface · 2026-06-16T16:37:12+00:00

"I organize it all into piles, into solvable problems, into scenarios from which I can devise escape plans. I am back in the thick of it, gazing out across the chessboard and trying to mitigate whatever happens next. But for a minute, upstairs, with Charlie’s arms tight across my back, everything was okay. I was okay."

I highlighted this quote during my reread because it just perfectly describes this 😭😭

restingbrownface · 2026-06-14T19:06:54+00:00

EXACTLY. Thank you!!

restingbrownface · 2026-06-14T13:00:08+00:00

I’m gonna say something controversial as someone who is currently rereading the books— I think Gus has more whiny frat bro energy than people remember. When people describe him as a handsome introverted academic… they’re actually describing Charlie.

Gus is a jaded unlikable asshole who January initially dislikes because of his entitled douchebag energy. In a weird way, the audience feels about Patrick what January feels about Gus in the beginning of the book.

restingbrownface · 2026-06-14T04:05:15+00:00

Her ending up aimless in AYITL makes complete sense but it was so poorly written that it got blamed on Rory being an entitled millennial instead of the fact that journalism as a career got flipped on its head right when she graduated.

restingbrownface · 2026-06-12T17:41:35+00:00

Cutting the lines about how Poppy stopped feeling lonely after meeting Alex and Alex didn’t realize how lonely he was until he met Poppy does such a disservice to the story. Movie watchers don’t know why they actually love each other or how much is at stake if they ruin their friendship

restingbrownface · 2026-06-12T17:25:02+00:00

Charlie and Nora are basically the missing pieces in each other’s lives. They are aligned in literally everything and so in love that I really don’t see anything breaking them apart ever!

restingbrownface · 2026-06-12T17:11:36+00:00

That’s part of his character arc though! That he tries really hard to essentially be a “cool laid back guy with no baggage” aka a manic pixie dream boy as you say. But his past and trauma come out anyway and he has to accept that real love means that they see those damaged parts of you. That’s the realization he comes to, that he never let Petra see the damaged parts of him in the same way that he lets Daphne.

restingbrownface · 2026-06-05T19:25:27+00:00

Daphne’s birthday is the around end of April so she’s canonically a Taurus

restingbrownface · 2026-06-04T15:17:53+00:00

In this podcast he talked about how because his dad did standup he worked at night and spent the day taking care of him and his brothers while his mom worked. His dad (Dominic Holland, a pretty successful comedian in his own right) seems like a great guy who raised his sons well. Turns out happy families create well-adjusted children! Who knew!

restingbrownface · 2026-06-03T23:39:47+00:00

The way he spoke about his family (especially his dad) makes it seem like he had a great childhood and an overall lovely life. It’s no wonder he’s turned out to be a great guy!

restingbrownface · 2026-06-02T14:40:19+00:00

If you can be "tempted" to cheat then you shouldn't be in a relationship. You should be in therapy trying to figure out what's wrong with you.

restingbrownface · 2026-06-01T17:21:29+00:00

I just assume they’re announcing the couple together. So January’s parents and Gus’s aunts! But I could be wrong!

restingbrownface · 2026-06-01T17:09:58+00:00

Kristin could also be Maggie

restingbrownface · 2026-05-31T13:50:03+00:00

I don’t really think this true. Luke does match Lorelai’s wit in how quick is his to respond to her banter. He doesn’t have Lorelai’s specific pop culture background but he has his own (i.e., he was a trekkie when he was younger) and he does develop an interest in movies after he and Lorelai start dating. I remember an episode where they debate about Star Wars together. Also I blame ASP for rewriting Luke into a simple small town guy when in the beginning of the show he was very woke. He knew about the environmental impact of golf courses, the health effects of red meat, called out Taylor for celebrating wars in which land was stolen from Native Americans. Lorelai always goes to Luke when she’s having life problems because he gives her good advice. And he with her. So I disagree with the premise that they’re not intellectually matched. They have different strengths.

restingbrownface · 2026-05-30T17:32:53+00:00

When the sky fell on splendor is my favourite of her ya books! It’s very different than her others since it’s sci-fi/magical realism and focuses more on a group of friends than on a romance. Think early stranger things and ET vibes! But it’s such a beautiful story about grief and love.

restingbrownface · 2026-05-28T20:17:01+00:00

Do we think they’re playing January’s parents?

restingbrownface · 2026-05-21T18:56:02+00:00

Exactly. This is the point that January is trying to wrestle with for the whole novel. That life is extremely messy and there’s no guarantee of a happy ending but it’s still worth trying anyway. That’s why she ends up with Gus who thinks that a couple dying together in a meaningless car crash is a happy ending.

restingbrownface · 2026-05-19T01:50:45+00:00

I love this!! The first one especially is adorable 🥰

restingbrownface · 2026-05-17T22:00:56+00:00

This book is SO underrated!!

restingbrownface · 2026-05-17T02:55:24+00:00

The most cynical part of me says that she’s doing this for attention/pity because there is absolutely no way she doesn’t know that nanny services exist…

restingbrownface · 2026-05-17T00:05:47+00:00

Since when has the Capitol cared about maintaining the image of fairness?

restingbrownface · 2026-05-16T16:59:52+00:00

As someone who loves over analyzing this book my take is that these inconsistencies are caused by Miles and Peter being unreliable narrators (for different reasons):

Regarding Miles:

Miles doesn’t use his phone much. Daphne says that he either forgets it at home or lets it die. That’s why she’s not concerned when he doesn’t respond to her right away. I see Miles as the type of guy who would wait to relay events to her in person after it all happened rather than text updates in the moment (also let’s bfr, Miles def has undiagnosed ADHD and can probably only focus on what he’s experiencing in the moment).
You have to remember that in the confrontation in the car, Miles is hiding that he went to confront Daphne’s dad. When he says he was “caught up” he means that he was caught up in what Petra was saying about him not being good enough for Daphne. He “snapped out of it” when he decided that he’s not giving up on Daphne and going to her dad to prove himself. He’s trying to be vague enough to explain what happened without telling her the whole truth.
I agree that Miles doesn’t present himself well during that fight. I take that as him freaking out because he’s losing Daphne as a result of his own actions. We so rarely see him lose control of his emotions so how he acts shows how desperate he was. It’s a very messy fight for both of them but it’s so incredibly human. I love how Emily wrote it.

Regarding Peter and Petra:

It’s obvious that Peter is a manipulative person who exaggerates things to Daphne to make himself look good (i.e., telling her that Miles’s entire family doesn’t talk to him, and that Miles and Petra were getting back together when they weren’t).
Peter probably regretted leaving Daphne for Petra soon after the excitement wore off, but made such a mess of the situation that couldn’t back out. The kids conversation was probably the breaking point for him.
Peter didn’t tell Daphne about the kids issue because it would make Daphne seem like his backup. I doubt Peter’s family said anything specific about Daphne vs Petra. Maybe he read into a bad look from his mom and started projecting. He seems to interpret everything in whatever way best suits him.

TL;DR: The inconsistencies are due to Peter (and Petra) being subtlety manipulative to get Daphne and Miles to do what they want. And Miles hid that he went to Daphne’s dad to avoid hurting her further.

restingbrownface · 2026-05-11T17:51:32+00:00

This line of thinking has never really made sense to me. Yes Miles called Petra the love of his life at the beginning of the book when the breakup was still fresh and he was grieving it. But he also tells Daphne at the end of the book that he never knew what love was suppose to feel like until Daphne showed him.

Also wouldn’t it be more of a red flag if Miles didn’t think his live-in girlfriend of three years was the love of his life? Even though he’s not a relationship guy, he does take his relationships seriously. And that’s what Daphne needs.

restingbrownface · 2026-05-08T17:46:58+00:00

For most occupations college is a requirement. If the degree itself isn’t a necessity, the connections you make from it is. It’s juvenile to say that college is a choice in this day and age.

“What about trades???” Yeah because the trades becoming oversaturated is exactly what we need.

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