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the losers club as things i saw, heard, or said in the past week
bill: what do you want to be in twenty years
ben: a library
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all seven, in unison: *chanting “kill it!” repeatedly with absolutely no explanation as to why*
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richie: i just *clenches fist in front of face dramatically* don’t want to
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eddie: i mean… that sounds pretty gay
richie: you sound pretty gay
mike: literally both of you are gay
eddie: wow we get it you’re straight
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stan: *drops pencil and stares at it* i fucking hate existing
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mike: *crying over a picture of a chicken wearing a hat*
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beverly, in response to the co-chairman of the committee calling her his assistant: we both know i’m in charge here, fuckin’ pussy
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bill: *makes eye contact with richie across the classroom*
richie, with no emotion on his face: *starts sliding his phone into his mouth*
bill, under his breath: what the fuck is wrong with you
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ben: i woke up in the middle of the night panicking about my sixteenth birthday
ben: it took fifteen minutes before i remembered that i’m already eighteen
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bill: i’m a lover, not a fighter
beverly: you punched me in the tit this morning
bill: well you shouldn’t have fucking touched my muffin
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eddie: good news, after some help from the teacher, i figured out how to solve the problem on my quiz
eddie: bad news, i needed help because i was so tired that i forgot how division works
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richie: does anything make you happy
stan: sometimes i think about going to your funeral
stan: never fails to make me smile
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mike: *starts playing flappy bird in class*
richie: WHAT THE FUCK IT’S 2018
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beverly: *shows up twenty minutes late wearing a panda onesie and holding a milkshake*
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all seven: *telling weird stories about their families*
mike: my dad wrestled a shark once
stan: explain
mike: he was on a boat
stan: that doesn’t help
Pennywise be like: Yes, I'm gay. And yes, I'm homophobic. This kind of people exist.
No one is talking about the most important scene in a league of our own which is, of course, when Beverly gives Jess all of her fines back.
And Jess’s face!!! She’s so happy and touched and she looks like she’s going to cry. Her little “no one’s ever done anything like this for me before”
And Bev! Smiles!! And says “well we’ve got to take care of our own” and Jess slowly realizes and smiles and Beverly WINKS
It was so touching and just so so so loving. It made me feel 😭
It’s this face that just made the whole moment
No one is talking about the most important scene in a league of our own which is, of course, when Beverly gives Jess all of her fines back.
And Jess’s face!!! She’s so happy and touched and she looks like she’s going to cry. Her little “no one’s ever done anything like this for me before”
And Bev! Smiles!! And says “well we’ve got to take care of our own” and Jess slowly realizes and smiles and Beverly WINKS
It was so touching and just so so so loving. It made me feel 😭
I am thinking about That Scene again and i need you to understand how emotional i was, even after seeing it again.
It’s so real
They just. They understand each other and i. Can’t explain why it affects me so much but it’s something about vulnerability and acting tough and being taken under someone’s wing and seeing someone even whilst they’re hiding and loving them for that. It’s taking care of someone for a bit before they even realize and it’s doing things you’re not supposed to do because you’re helping someone else. It’s brief moments that last a lifetime and moments that change your life through your understanding of other people. It’s being told you’re loved at the most surprising moments by the most surprising people.
It’s Love
i bet beverly was just like greta. a fierce protectiveness over herself and those she cares about. a strict composure in public spaces. but an intense soft spot for people like her. and then she’s the chaperone for the AAGPBL. a league full of vulnerable women like her. and she protects them with everything she has. everything she can do for their safety she does.
she saves jo from public humiliation and prison, with her own money. she tells carson it’s for the league, but really it’s because she knows firsthand what happens to “inverts”, and she can’t bear the thought of one of her girls going through that.
she gives jess her fines back. she lets the mask down, for a second. because she wishes she could love and live as wild as jess in public. her little act of service for her community; her tiny way of reclaiming herself.
beverly doesn’t care about baseball. she cares about these women. these reflections of her younger self, of the women she loved once. she cares about her girls.
“No one’s ever done something like that for me before” NO ONE’S EVER BEEN IN THEIR CORNER. NO ONE’S EVER SAID I SEE YOU AND I’LL HELP YOU GET ALONG JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, NOT MAKING YOU CHANGE ANYTHING. NO ONE’S EVER SAID YOU BELONG HERE. YOU’RE AMONG FRIENDS HERE. NO ONE’S EVER SAID YOU ARE NOT WRONG. YOU ARE NOT WRONG!!! WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR OWN!!!!!
