It's Been Almost Five Years Since The Haunting Of Hill House Came Out On Netflix. And It Has Irrevocably

It's been almost five years since The Haunting of Hill House came out on Netflix. And it has irrevocably changed my life.

The depiction of grief. Addiction. Depression. Loss. Identity. Family relationships. Family dynamics. Healing your inner child. Having to deal with your inner child. The fact that in some ways you never really grow up, you're that exact same person inside that is dealing with all these increasingly complex and difficult things, trying hard to not let the child in you react because you know it shouldn't.

Thinking about Theo taking her gloves off. Nell going to therapy, putting in work, and still having her demons chase her around all the way to the end. Shirley's entire life and career being based around wanting to help people in their darkest moments the way someone helped her (though isn't that what they all do, too? Especially Theo). Luke as the youngest, being left behind or not believed and eventually having to find ways to self-soothe, which as an adult are not as health-friendly as other options out there. But it's what he had to do to cope. And Steve... everyone knows a Steve.

I know people have commented before about the five Crain siblings and the five stages of grief. But they also each experience those themselves, and in some ways the five of them simply display how much grief and living can do to a person. Juxtaposing the entire modern part of the series with them as children reminded me how much the things I do now can also be drawn back to little Me. The decisions I make, what scares me, who I reach out to. What haunts me? I may not have a big scary terrifying Death House in my past, but I mean... we've all got our version of a big scary terrifying Death House.

The tragedy of Hill House, the complicated love that's shown, the connections and relationships we have with our families, the world, ourselves. I cannot, will not, should not, would not forget it.

Unhinged thought of the day but: what if Vickie's character was actually introduced in Eddie's "place"? (hear me out pls! yes, I love Eddie too but neither of these characters existed before s4 so let's just do this little exercise alright?). Note: this became a long ass rant post, so I put it under the break lol

My biggest problem with Vickie's character is the fact that we have no idea who she is, she had like 3 scenes in the entire season and it seems like she was only created to be Robin's crush/future girlfriend. On the other side of this, we have Eddie (who I actually do like as a character), but it's been pointed out more than a few times that he was probably created 'cause the Duffers don't want to kill Steve or any of the main characters (and I think that is a very fair and solid theory/assumption). Ok, so back to Vickie. She could've been a part of Hellfire Club and more of a 'goth girl' (hello, Eden? she has Eden's look/vibe now), so when she is the one who witnesses Chrissy's death, she becomes a suspect and people start speculating about her being into satanic shit/witchcraft etc. So now SHE is the one that has to run and hide and Dustin vouches for her etc, and Robin has a crush on her/is her actual friend. Vickie now: has more than one connection to the plot and is connected to more than one character, so that when she becomes Robin's girlfriend in S5, we understand why, and we know who she is and why she is relevant not only as Robin's love interest but also to the larger story being told. Instead of st*ncy revival, there would be Rockie buildup. We, as the audience, would get why they should be involved romantically, and why Robin likes her etc etc. And she would be a part of the gang as well, and already know about the upside-down stuff too. For the buffy girlies out there, you all remember Riley Finn? (lol don't think about what you think/feel about his character, just. I'm trying to make a point here, ok?). He was absolutely introduced on the show to be Buffy's romantic interest, there is no doubt about it. BUT he was a central part of S4's storyline as well. He was there in the 'normal' everyday side of stuff, but he was also part of the 'shit that goes bump in the night' side of things, being a member of the Initiative and all... And, regardless of how bad or convoluted or just boring you might think it all was, he was plot-relevant as much as he was B's new love interest, yk? Imagine if instead of including him in the story they just went 'oh look! This is Riley, isn't he cute? Buffy has a crush on him. We haven't been able to insert him fully into the story but don't worry! Next season he will be so so relevant. Just you wait! ...Until next season. ...Which will be the last one.'

That is the point I am trying to make here. They could've made Vickie relevant from day one, but they chose not to. They perhaps didn't even deem it necessary. (I mean, she is just "Robin's crush" right? So who cares?? "Be grateful that we gave your favorite lesbian a love interest and shut up!"). And that just sucks imo, 'cause it didn't have to be that way... </3

I just think that

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Bisan survived the night, and is going to try and evacuate. (I assume to Rafah because during her tiktok live she was adamant about refusing to leave Gaza and Palestine, and even saying she's not afraid of death but afraid of dying for nothing.)

And she's calling for a week long global strike for a ceasefire. Last time she called for a strike, several pro Palestine but not on the ground pages shared more details about the planned ceasefire, and if that happens again I'll share that here. Otherwise expect no spending, no working (if applicable), no school, no travel. I believe travel is fine if you're going to a protest or if you can't NOT work but try to not spend money on gas.

Wael Al-Dahdouh arrived in Doha-Qatar earlier to receive medical treatment. I assume that when he's done receiving the medical aid, if he's allowed to, he'll return to Palestine and the Gaza Strip to continue his coverage.

No reports on martyrs and injuries from Nasser last night as of yet.