Season 1: she becomes attracted to him at the Halloween dance. He becomes attracted to her during debate 109. obviously attracted to each other, but neither willing to act on it because of the age gap and the fact they are friends. Until Annie kisses him in the finale (to see if she could win something that slater and Britta could not, to prove she was an adult), he reacts without thinking (men are monsters who crave young flesh). over the summer, he sits her down and explains that it can never happen again, the age gap is too weird, and if anything happened between them, he would be a social pariah. She is too infatuated and stubborn to listen.
Season 2: After the Irish singer wedding fiasco where she punches him in the nose, her infatuation is gone, and he is relieved. But the attraction to each other is still there, and they are still friends, so they start to slide back into a weird tension. This is the era of him tackling her. But he’s also sleeping with Britta. It does not bring out the best in him, and he doesn’t want to admit what’s going on, not even to himself. Annie meanwhile correctly sees they have a flirtation and calls him out for trying to chase off other guys she likes. But, since Jeff is an asshole, and feels severe guilt about their age gap, as well as fear at how much he likes her when he prefers more casual relationships, is all “ I can’t give you a clear answer” and “ I think you’re looking into some things”. Annie can’t resist a challenge and wants to win his love.
Season 3: Both of them know and accept there is attraction. He tries to force a father-daughter role so they can stay close without him having to deal with this being weird. But also, he’d screw her if she asked. Annie is frustrated with herself that she can’t shake him from her system, even though he’s gross and older and occasionally says the same things as her dad. Annie admits as well that sure, Jeff is hot, but what she really wants is to win him - get him, the narcissist who won’t settle down, to love her so that she’s lovable.
Here’s the pivot, where we get to the crux of the matter - they’ve both reached a weird point. Jeff knows that she’s in his heart (it terrifies him so he gets drunk at Shirley’s wedding), he knows that she’s an adult now, he knows the age gap will never not be weird. He knows he wants her and likes her. Annie knows that her desire for Jeff isn’t pure - it’s competitive, it’s cold blooded, but it’s still there. They aren’t willing to stop being friends. So where does that leave them? (I would’ve loved to see what would have happened here if Dan Harmon had stayed in charge, but he didn’t. So moving on.)
Season 4: Jeff and Annie are BFF with attraction. They are that girl/guy best friend couple that you are pretty sure will end up together one day. He attempts to get her to dress sexy (and honestly, a different season Annie would’ve jumped at the chance for male validation). He beams when she suggests threatening professors for a grade. She daydreams they are married. He pretends to protest when she redecorates his apartment. They make plans together. If there’s ever a season in which they are having secret sex, it’s this one.
Season 5: Peak JeffAnnie, honestly! They’ve been apart for a bit and now that they’re together again there’s no denying they are two adults who like each other. They don’t want to admit it though. If Jeff likes her, he has to be in a serious relationship, and that’s terrifying. Annie has an easier time admitting the truth. They team up without a second thought this season - ass crack bandit, floor is lava. They work well together. She suffers when he couples up with Britta. And finally, at the 11th hour, he looks at her with that weird emotion machine and realizes - it’s not a heavy like. He’s in love with her. He’s in love with Annie Edison. She looks at him, and he can’t face it. He looks away.
Season 6: Jeff drinks more and avoids cutesy capers to avoid the truth of his love for Annie. He’s a bit of a dick this season. Besides, he figures he has plenty of time. They’re still friends, they still hang out together all the time! In wedding videography, we see that they still fall into the old patterns - helping makes her feel good. Being near her makes him feel young. But then at the end, she can’t wait forever for him to confess. She’s moving on, moving out, moving up to better things. Jeff is confident that she’ll be president someday (how could she not? She’s beautiful, and smart, and vicious). But he has to tell her that he loves her. That he wishes he was young and could go into the world with her and he can’t, so he’s going to let her go. She wishes she could settle down with him, but she can’t. They kiss.
People who don’t do or create shit are always the most critical because they have no frame of reference. They severely underestimate how much energy it takes, how much fear and other psychic burdens need to be overcome, the sheer amount of relentless persistence, faith and self-belief it takes to put something, no matter how feeble and shitty, out in to the world.
It seems so easy just looking. “I could do that”. “I could’ve made that”. Well then do it. Look at the most feeble and easy looking creative work and then replicate it in your own way. And with no irony or hiding or joking- in all sincerity put your name on it - and show it to others. People you know in real life. As a representation of yourself. See how it feels. You’ll have a new appreciation and softness towards creative friends and strangers.
Godzilla knows that a good steam bath is essential for healthy skin.
watching an early hitchcock where the actors are clearly not boxers but they’re trying to sell it with shaky camera work and whoosh noises. i’m having a blast
the kicker is he was being asked if his work was coming from the approach of man vs. nature akaย โTHE ENVIRONMENT STRIKES BACKโ but no. his literal words were along the lines of โsharks are not very scary if you are never in the water so i had to make them scarier, and now they have legs.โ
Junji Ito has the best fucking take on horror, which isย โwouldnโt that be weirdโ and then he draws it into the most terrifying thing possible.
One of his strangest stories is about a cursed type of honey that, when ingested, is guaranteed to be the best thing youโve ever tasted. But, if you consume it, you have a 25% of being flattened like a pancake by a giant tree demon. Characters eat it, get addicted, and that addiction forces them to risk it over and over again until they eventually get turned into a gory puddle by this ghost tree thing.ย
Itโs a weird story, but the funny part is that Ito wrote it because he thought it would suck to be a mosquito.
dear god please let our new baby octopus feel confident enough to move out of her corner hiding spot today while iโm on exhibits so i can see her properly for the first time amen
she stuck out a single arm before changing her mind and deciding the rest of the tank is too scary, far too scary by far she is scared
This is fascinating and I love the part with the mushrooms and the worms if this really works but my favorite part is that we spent decades like โoh noโฆ.oil is soaking into fur and feathersโฆ.if only we had something that could soak up all this oilโ
i wouldn’t want to live in any penthouse where i could get into a shootout and have to call the front desk on the phone to report it
