I’m glad we can be here for you, David. You and yours are never far from my thoughts.
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
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.
sj - Aug 30, 2023 9:42:30 am PDT #24679 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sue - Aug 30, 2023 9:47:27 am PDT #24680 of 30000
hip deep in pie
My dad passed from kidney failure and he drifted peacefully away. I pray for the same peaceful passing for JZ.
Thinking of all the Zmayhems.
Maria - Aug 30, 2023 9:54:24 am PDT #24681 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I was hoping against hope that JZ would have a different outcome than my uncle, but it’s been eerily the same once treatment stopped for the both of them. It’s so hard to watch them fade away when they were so vibrant before.
Thank you for sharing these moments with us, David. I hope you are feeling the love that surrounds you, JZ, and your families.
P.M. Marc - Aug 30, 2023 10:05:33 am PDT #24682 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So weird to be hoping for a friend to leave us as soon as her body allows. I have been having morbid humor "ascend already!" thoughts for a week or so, and feeling guilty (but also like she'd be amused) right after.
-t - Aug 30, 2023 10:15:09 am PDT #24683 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, man, I just got hit with the memory of JZ's solitary vigil with her father. Good thing I am WFH today. But I am so honored to be able to virtually do this little service for her that she cannot repay. I don't know why that's the thing that is setting off the tears but it is.
Dana - Aug 30, 2023 10:19:40 am PDT #24684 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm still pissed that she won't get to see any more Our Flag Means Death. It's a stupid, small, heartbreaking thing.
-t - Aug 30, 2023 10:22:01 am PDT #24685 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes, when I saw news about the next season it made me so sad
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2023 10:25:32 am PDT #24686 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm still pissed that she won't get to see any more Our Flag Means Death. It's a stupid, small, heartbreaking thing.
When I saw the first S2 pictures the other day (last week?), I was so furious that she won't get to see it.
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2023 10:33:24 am PDT #24687 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
And I just saw a teaser trailer for OFMD S2 on Tumblr. Unfair, universe, really fucking unfair.
Kate P. - Aug 30, 2023 10:44:17 am PDT #24688 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
All the love coming your way, David, to you and Matilda and Emmett and everyone who loves JZ. I'm thinking of you all the time and hoping this final stage is mercifully brief.
It took 10 days for my mom to die once she reached this point. She was peaceful, unresponsive, and in no pain or distress, but her body just wasn't ready yet. It went on for so long and was so tense and sad and strange that when she finally did die and the hospice nurse came out to do whatever official things she had to do, I halfway expected her to turn to me and say, "You're not gonna believe this, but she's still here!" When I said that to her we both laughed, and it felt like I was finally able to let go of all that tension.
I'm still pissed that she won't get to see any more Our Flag Means Death.
Yes, absolutely.