Let me carry your story in my heart

I wish we didn't know anything about the moral opinions of companies.

Note: "Opinions" do not include 1) The actual ethical or unethical practices (slavery) or 2) Organizations they give money to.

However, it's way too normalized for companies to make political or moral statements. I do not care where a razor company stands on toxic masculinity, or who a clothing company would vote for.

Advertising should be "This product is superior to comparable products because of price/quality/quantity," not "This product is superior to comparable products because we said racism is bad in an advertisement."

Like, maybe-optimistically-some of the company heads actually believe the things they're saying. Maybe certain issues are important enough to company leaders to step up. But more likely, absolutely none of them are interested in anything but money, and rather than advertise their product, they advertise opportunities to feel like morally superior people by using their products.

(The same applies to actors, by the way. I do not want to be told who to vote for by people who get paid to lie in order to summon an emotional reaction. Sorry. No offense to them.)

Nothing so humbling as playing tag with small children.

Is it truly a fandom for me until I latch onto an impossible rarepair and geek out about them?

The world may never know.

When you watch a movie KNOWING it will be absurdly cheesy and bad, but then it has the audacity to be a halfway decent flick. 😂

Not sure if I have any followers who have watched both Timeless and Sanctuary, but I'm on Season 3 of Sanctuary and I cannot stop picturing a "Time team as the Five" AU:

Now, this is where I get conflicted. I realize, personality-wise, Flynn is the obvious choice for Tesla. But consider:

I have so much love for people who listen to me talk about and explain long and complicated fic ideas that I may or may not ever write. Like, the rest of the world may or may not ever know about these stories, these emotional turns, these parallels... But you do. The worlds I make in my mind exist in someone else's head. Even if it's just one person.

If you have one of my worlds in your head, just know that I love you.

When you finally see the source material a popular reaction image is from, and you realize you had the tone completely wrong in your head.

Okay, I'm still super confused by what the deal is with TJ. Did he and Olive break up? I assume? Since Grace didn't comment on it when they were talking about her texting Levi?

Assuming TJ and Olive DID break up, though... NGL, Olive and Levi did have some cute moments. I mean, the boy basically going, "Yeah I'd like to go out with you but I'm equally cool just going through old books doing research even though I don't know WHY if that's what you need"... Very Sweet.

I LOVE that Zeke and Grace are such good friends, though.

Finally caught up on Manifest, and...

1. Did I miss something? When did Olive and TJ break up?

2. Whoooo, Angelina really just kinda... Isn't coping well, huh?

3. On the other hand... Look, Olive's gut instinct was absolutely RIGHT about Angelina, which makes it seem okay, but that "We pity you" line seemed... Really uncalled for in context.

4. Beverly's connection with Zeke? Beverly knowing impossible things? I'm intrigued.

5. Way too little Drea involved.

6. Noah's Ark was a thing for like 3 episodes? Cool?

7. Every time anyone in Eureka talks like they're going to take the miracle-making business away from God, I have to wonder if they stopped reading the Bible at Noah's Ark, or what. Because I remember a certain Tower of Babel, where people who tried to put themselves on equal level with God had a Very Bad Day.

7.2. Literally anyone who has tried to make themselves equal with God, or recreate what God does but leave God out of it, has had a Very Bad Day.

8. Jared and Sarah are sweet, but that cannot end well.

Sometimes you just have to rewatch episodes that have one-off characters in them, even though you know those characters die, because you're just that attached.

One of my favorite chapters in the Bible is John 11.

It features two Biblical figures best remembered for their failures: Thomas, and Martha, sister of Mary. Thomas is remembered for his doubt, and Martha for her misplaced priorities, but in this chapter, we see very different sides to them.

Thomas convinces the other disciples to follow Jesus to Judea, "that we may die with Him."

Doubting Thomas was ready to die with Jesus.

As for Martha? She greets Jesus with "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. And even now I know that whatever You ask from God, God will give You." When Mary runs to Jesus with a similar statement, that last part is noticeably absent.

Busy Martha showed incredible faith under devastating circumstances.

No person is only their worst moment, or only their best. This chapter is a good reminder for me, and I find it very comforting.

Mitch: I don't like people.

Jamie: *Starts aggressively rattling off statistics about lion attacks*

Mitch: I like one person.

Godzilla vs. Kong expectation: Two monsters fighting each other.

Godzilla vs. Kong reality: Two monsters fighting each other then teaming up to beat up the new bully on the block. Also, just... A lot of found family.

DONE