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Jennie O'Connor's avatar

I have had many an electricity-related anomaly occur that actually has me wondering how I'm still alive. So... not your fault.

However, can you explain Pedro Pascal to me? I don't get it. I disliked both his acting and his character arc so much in The Last of Us that I stopped watching it. You should know that I am completely obsessed with post-apocalyptic zombie adjacent stories, so this is meaningful. Then, I said as much to a room full of Mexicans at a 4th of July party my ex's family was hosting (they loved me when we were together, I swear!) and if looks could have killed, buried my body in the backyard and gotten off scot free...

I don't think I'll be invited back. And now I'm thinking this might be a me problem?

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Zach Hively's avatar

This is ABSOLUTELY A YOU PROBLEM.

I mean, leave room for personal taste. (Just don't voice your personal taste among your ex's familia next time.) But the Pedro love, I think, is far more about the person than the actor or the roles. He's delightfully quirky, gentle, and real in interviews and public appearances. He's open about social anxiety. He's a vocal advocate for trans rights. And I think there's something about a man who put in his dues as an actor for decades before hitting it big. Maybe he feels like one of us who got his break, and hasn't gotten the ego to match.

That's my man-crush take, anyway.

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Jennie O'Connor's avatar

Haha okay I see I’m in the wrong here. I knew none of those things. 🙊

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Zach Hively's avatar

I think I was a latecomer to the Pedro train. But I jumped all the way on board.

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Jennifer Love, MD's avatar

Funny, I almost burned down my apartment building with rice. But it wasn’t in a slow cooker, it was in one of those neck pillows that you heat in the microwave for 20 seconds. Full blaze. Thanks for the memory.

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Zach Hively's avatar

How did you just combine comedy and horror in one plot so effectively?

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Jennifer Love, MD's avatar

Ha! “Beans and rice” writes itself.

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Pedro Positioning's avatar

🥰

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