face the strange

The two wonderful gifts I got on Monday morning! ♡♡♡

Welcome Is Every Organ and Attribute of Me (2010 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Last of Us (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us)
Characters: Ellie (The Last of Us), Joel (The Last of Us)
Additional Tags: Aftermath of Violence, Psychological Trauma, Bad Jokes, Humor as way of dealing with trauma, Injury Recovery, self-care, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Bonding, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Character Study, Survivor Guilt, Survival, Self-Comfort
Summary:

Ellie tries to take care of herself. She's not sure what comes next.

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for hours on empty (3432 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Yellowjackets (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lottie Matthews & Natalie Scatorccio
Characters: Natalie Scatorccio, Lottie Matthews, Yellowjackets (TV) Ensemble
Additional Tags: Mind/Mood Altering Substances, Shared Trauma, Light Horror, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Character Study
Summary:

Staying at Lottie’s wellness compound has been a mixed bag of a decision.

Before they confront It, they have to confront themselves.

YELLOWJACKETS DAYYYYY. ♡♡♡

Spoilers for episode 2x01 - Friends, Romans, Countrymen. Content notes: cannibalism, animal cruelty/death.

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Feel free to come talk to me about the episode at any time, whenever you watch it - the concept of 'it's now too late' doesn't exist. :D

THE LAST OF US! Just a small handful of random CAPSLOCKY thoughts about the last episode but they're all spoilery. xD

Spoilers for episode 1x08 - When We Are in Need, and descriptions of violence.

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The most recent episode of The Last of Us - what I loved about it and other random thoughts! SPOILERS for episode 1x07 - Left Behind.

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A few days after I watched it, it's time for my The Last of Us squee, or the post about how I'm the biggest Ellie stan. :D Or just a list of random things I loved, none of which are actual spoilers for the story. xD

♡ ELLIE IN THE HOTEL is my my number one favorite scene so far. In addition to her being the cutest dork, the flooded hotel is gorgeous! The entire overgrown city is gorgeous.

♡ "The contraaaactor" and "DAAAAAM" and just the way Ellie says things gives me life. :D

♡ Ellie randomly trying to teach herself how to whistle, lol.

♡ Ellie not liking the smell of coffee is extremely relatable. xD

♡ Ellie being 14! It's important to me on a personal level, and also there really aren't many 14-year-old girls in tv shows for adults. The age seems to always be 16 or at least 15.

♡ ELLIE BEING ELLIE, K.

Non-Ellie things I loved:

♡ Joel has such a Sawyer (from Lost) energy that somewhere in the back of my head it always feels like he IS Sawyer, 20 years later in a post-apocalyptic AU. xD Which also means I always want to call him Josh and not Joel because apparently my brain keeps thinking of Josh Holloway. xD

♡ JOEL HAVING PANIC ATTACKS. I knew it was a panic attack (and not a heart attack or anything like that) when he had the first one, and then it was made clear that it's his PTSD, and this is also very important to me on a personal level.

♡ The montage of Bill doing all the things right after he's left alone in the town is so SATISFYING. I'm not a prepper but when I see stuff like that, I wish I were one. xD

♡ Nice to see Tara from True Blood (Rutina Wesley) and Shauna from Yellowjackets (Melanie Lynskey). :D Someone on reddit said that Melanie Lynskey is carving out a niche for herself as the sociopathic soccer mom, and yeah, can't argue with that. xD