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Mars
is 98% done
Even when you know the formula, you still have to decide how the story is going to play out. You have to decide how you want the movie to end. You have to decide what role you're going to take in it. Because Final Girls and Leading Ladies aren't born. They're made. They're a culmination of their choices. And in the end I chose to be both.
— 2 hours, 11 min ago
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Mars
is 90% done
There have been so many things to be scared of tonight, but every time I faced a fear, I survived. I may not have been the perfect Leading Lady, or the perfect Final Girl, but whatever I am is enough to make it out of this. Every choice I made led to me standing where I am.
Alive.
— 2 hours, 40 min ago
Alive.
Mars
is 89% done
… I still think this evening was going to be life changing for me, because I'm pretty sure Wes is my "Oh, it's you" person. I'm pretty sure I'm his, too. And need us to make it through tonight so I can find out if I'm right.
— Mar 23, 2026 10:34AM
Mars
is 88% done
…this is a fucked-up rom-com. And rom-coms aren't about playing it safe. They're about taking risks. They're about going big or going home.
— Mar 23, 2026 10:29AM
Mars
is 82% done
What if my complex has led me to believe a man is more likely to murder me than want to be with me?
— Mar 23, 2026 10:04AM
Mars
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I can't help but laugh at that. At his sense of humor. The fact it's still intact. We really are the same kind of crazy. Maybe that's why we've made it this far.
— Mar 23, 2026 09:36AM
Mars
is 62% done
"I'm glad that it's you and me.
Here. Together. I hate that this is happening, obviously, but since it is... I'm glad you're here. That you're with me."
— Mar 23, 2026 07:51AM
Here. Together. I hate that this is happening, obviously, but since it is... I'm glad you're here. That you're with me."
Mars
is 62% done
… ducking closer to mine as he asks.
"Is that a Leading Lady or Final Girl way of thinking?" Maybe I shouldn't have told him my theory, not when our lives depend on it being correct, but I can't deny that the thrill of hearing him speak my language hasn't worn off.
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EXCUSE ME??? A guy who speaks MY language??? Uhm— YES, PLEASE!!!
— Mar 23, 2026 04:52AM
"Is that a Leading Lady or Final Girl way of thinking?" Maybe I shouldn't have told him my theory, not when our lives depend on it being correct, but I can't deny that the thrill of hearing him speak my language hasn't worn off.
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EXCUSE ME??? A guy who speaks MY language??? Uhm— YES, PLEASE!!!
Mars
is 61% done
He just grabs my hand and tilts his head back against the wall, like it's the thousandth time he's done it, like this kind of touch is a normal part of our interactions, and the idea it could be, one day, makes warmth bloom in my chest.
— Mar 23, 2026 04:43AM
Mars
is 57% done
If he can't get in, he's got to give up and move on, right? You haven't got a slasher if there isn't any slashing. You haven't got a rom-com if the love interest isn't responding to the romancing.
— Mar 23, 2026 02:26AM
Mars
is 52% done
Does he have his own Laurie? Does he have someone who would stay by his side and make him laugh or give him a brief moment of relief in this hellhole of a situation if they had come with him tonight?
— Mar 22, 2026 09:47PM
