(you are) the girl that i’ve been dreaming of – Faking It ; Amy/Karma ; 1,500 words. In which Karma is acting weird, and Amy realizes why.
“You smell, like, really good today,” Karma says.
They’re snuggled up on Amy’s bed getting ready for a Don’t Trust The B In Apartment 23 Netflix marathon. It’s the sort of thing that couldn’t have happened six months ago, when everything was awful and they tiptoed around each other like strangers and Amy spent all of her time listening to Bon Iver and wanting to forget her whole life. Then one day, Karma finally lost it and shouted, ‘Look, we both screwed up, and we both screwed Liam Booker, but I will actually die if we’re not best friends anymore, so fuck this awkward bullshit! Fuck it right in its dumb face!’ Amy’s mom came in during that last part, which wasn’t stellar, but ever since then it’s been better.
So now, it feels pretty much normal to be like this—curled up together having sleepover number seven billion.
(The fact that Karma’s wearing a cutesy little pink nightgown instead of a tanktop and sweats is a little weird, but whatever. Karma’s figuring herself out. If that means sleeping like I Dream of Jeannie, go for it.)
Amy will always feel all warm and fuzzy and hearts-in-her-eyes over Karma, at least in some corner of her heart, but it’s time to put that heart corner to rest. Move on. Karma even offered to help her with her online dating profile. Maybe now Amy will actually be able to take a profile picture that doesn’t make her look weirdly like Andy Samberg in a wig.
So instead of reading like twelve different hopeful meanings into what Karma said, Amy just replies, “Oh, the power of daily showering” and shoves a handful of popcorn into her mouth.
HEY TEAM. Let’s not put “inspirational” coco chanel quotes on things. she was literally a nazi. like i don’t give a fuck what she said about being a woman or an individual or whatever. i promise you there are quotes from other people that can get the same point across. People…
HERE’S AN IDEA. How about we appreciate the fact that, no matter what we think nowadays, the Nazi party before and during WW2 was a strong, well-functioning party, with political ideals and promises of a better future. It was like every strong political party ever – it was formed by the people, for the people. How about we consider the fact that Coco Chanel was rather anti-Semitic, and, due to the people she associated with, the era she was growing up in, and the influence of the Nazi party and others like it, genuinely thought that Jews were a threat to Europe. Similar to how so many Americans (not all, definitely, but many) nowadays don’t want Muslims living in the USA because they believe they will have a negative effect on their country, Coco Chanel didn’t want Jews living in her country because she was misinformed and altered by her surroundings. Coco Chanel was a Nazi before the word became synonymous with Satan – while you may not agree with her political standpoint, she joined a party that supported what she believed in, a party she genuinely thought would do what was best for her and for France. Coco Chanel was a Nazi, but in her time and with her priorities, that wasn’t a bad thing, it was just a thing.
Also, why should her quotes be worth any less because of who she was? Personally, I think they should be even more valid. It’s very easy to tell girls to be who they want to be, to stand up for themselves when the world agrees that what you’re doing is right. Coco Chanel was part of the losing team, with the Nazis, a stereotypical villain, but she still persevered for what she thought was right, she was still true to herself. Coco Chanel was a strong, brave, noble woman and her political ideals, which were entirely relevant in her time, cannot take away from her inspirational legacy.
just to be clear, are you literally saying that coco chanel is inspiring not only in spite of but indeed BECAUSE of having been a nazi? that the things she said carry MORE weight because of how she supported literal genocide? that’s an actual thing you’re saying, right? ok. cool. i just wanted to check so i know where on a scale of 1 to 10 my disgust should fall. i’m thinking somewhere around an 87.
HEY TEAM. Let’s not put “inspirational” coco chanel quotes on things. she was literally a nazi. like i don’t give a fuck what she said about being a woman or an individual or whatever. i promise you there are quotes from other people that can get the same point across. People…
HERE’S AN IDEA. How about we appreciate the fact that, no matter what we think nowadays, the Nazi party before and during WW2 was a strong, well-functioning party, with political ideals and promises of a better future. It was like every strong political party ever – it was formed by the people, for the people. How about we consider the fact that Coco Chanel was rather anti-Semitic, and, due to the people she associated with, the era she was growing up in, and the influence of the Nazi party and others like it, genuinely thought that Jews were a threat to Europe. Similar to how so many Americans (not all, definitely, but many) nowadays don’t want Muslims living in the USA because they believe they will have a negative effect on their country, Coco Chanel didn’t want Jews living in her country because she was misinformed and altered by her surroundings. Coco Chanel was a Nazi before the word became synonymous with Satan – while you may not agree with her political standpoint, she joined a party that supported what she believed in, a party she genuinely thought would do what was best for her and for France. Coco Chanel was a Nazi, but in her time and with her priorities, that wasn’t a bad thing, it was just a thing.
Also, why should her quotes be worth any less because of who she was? Personally, I think they should be even more valid. It’s very easy to tell girls to be who they want to be, to stand up for themselves when the world agrees that what you’re doing is right. Coco Chanel was part of the losing team, with the Nazis, a stereotypical villain, but she still persevered for what she thought was right, she was still true to herself. Coco Chanel was a strong, brave, noble woman and her political ideals, which were entirely relevant in her time, cannot take away from her inspirational legacy.
just to be clear, are you literally saying that coco chanel is inspiring not only in spite of but indeed BECAUSE of having been a nazi? that the things she said carry MORE weight because of how she supported literal genocide? that’s an actual thing you’re saying, right? ok. cool. i just wanted to check so i know where on a scale of 1 to 10 my disgust should fall. i’m thinking somewhere around an 87.
