Hm. I can see the logic of that but I don’t think it’s how shorter life expectancy works
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Dec 02, 2021 7:19:07 am PST #11045 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Dec 02, 2021 7:59:28 am PST #11046 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I guess 18-year-olds were less dumb if they were running a household, but still.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 02, 2021 8:17:39 am PST #11047 of 30000
What is even happening?
My great-grandmother got married at 14, which is unreal to me.
On my way to work, I was listening to a podcast about vampires, as one does, and I have to say: the older I get, the more ridiculous I think it is that these vampire dudes would want to go out with high school girls. It's so gross! And honestly, from middle age, 30-year-olds still look young and beautiful to me and at least they have some sense and life experience!!
1. I completely agree.
In fact, I have no desire to watch any vampire-related series. I keep seeing people here talking about What We Do in the Shadows, and while I should enjoy it in theory, I can't get past my "Nah, vampires suck" reaction to watching yet another bloodsucker series. I blame this feeling on my having recapped The Vampire Diaries, which made me pay way more attention to The Vampire Diaries than it was ever meant to bear.
2. There is a theory that addicts (who are not in recovery) stop maturing at the age they start using, so I've extended the vampirism = addiction metaphor to 300 year old vampires who become enamored of schoolgirls. So, for example, with Buffy and Angel, at the time (and in the era) in which Angel was sired, it would not have been unusual for Liam and Buffy to get together.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 02, 2021 8:48:53 am PST #11048 of 30000
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis
Maybe "hmm, their blood smells fresh and vital" overrides "when are they going to stop talking about Pokémon?" for vampires?
I did like that in What We Do in the Shadows Viago referred to his romance with a 96-year old as May/December with her being the younger half of the couple.
-t - Dec 02, 2021 9:02:59 am PST #11049 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Laszlo and Nadja are like the polar opposite of that whole idea, though, right?
I mean, it's really meant to be, like, a draw for the putative teenage girl audience to have power over the good looking and dangerous supernatural being, but it's just such a widespread pattern that is disturbing on its own merits. Any particular couple, fine, they can have their reasons, but there are SO MANY
Steph L. - Dec 02, 2021 9:08:08 am PST #11050 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
Laszlo and Nadja are like the polar opposite of that whole idea, though, right?
Laszlo and Nadja are #goals.
Dana - Dec 02, 2021 9:16:25 am PST #11051 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
If only I had the ability to shout "BAT" and disappear from situations I don't want to be in.
-t - Dec 02, 2021 9:18:32 am PST #11052 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I would abuse that so much
Steph L. - Dec 02, 2021 9:19:39 am PST #11053 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
That's the dream.
-t - Dec 02, 2021 9:20:03 am PST #11054 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I can only imagine how wearying recapping TVD must have gotten, Cindy. Being burnt out on vampires as a result totally makes sense