helspawn:

Beds are so warm and soft when the rest of the world is not

lookingatyousideways:

Enough with Rafael is hot, or he is her baby’s daddy. There is so much more to this relationship!

1. Because Jane dreamed of becoming a writer all her life, yet she had never said it out loud until she told Rafael. 

2. Because he is “the only one who calls her a writer.” He cherishes her dream. He never lets her forget it.

3. Because he pushes her to be brave, to look past her fears. 

4. Because he always challenges her to “be bolder than she might naturally be and to go for things and to take bigger swings in terms of who she is.”

5. Because he helps her let go. 

6. Because he never felt a connection like this with anyone in his entire life

7. Because he will never give up on her.

8. Because he puts her before himself. When she didn’t want to keep the baby he did not want to emotionally blackmail her by telling her this is his last chance to have a kid. When she decided to sue his sister he didn’t tell her that he would lose his hotel if she won. 

9. Because he was terrified of dragging her down to his dark place so he let her go.

10. Because Alba said “it is love. To give up money as if it is nothing” and he did just that.

11. Because he wanted the baby to be “judgy” like his mother. 

12. Because he wanted the baby to get everything from Jane. “the more jane the better”

13. Because there is nothing he doesn’t love about her

14. Because he gave up his only chance to pass down his family name for her. 

15. Because as cranky and stinky and as mean as she was, he would still rather be with her at her worst. 

16. Because they have those conversations that never end

17. Because he really wants to kiss her (all the time)

18. Because she is not going anywhere

19. Because she had a monster crush on him for the whole summer.  

20. Because he always says yes when she wants something from him even if she is wrong to ask such things.

21. Because her heart quickened when he touched her

22. Because “she had this almost cosmic pull toward him”

23. Because for the first time in life Jane threw caution to the wind

24. Because Luisa’s mistake gave her the two most important things in her life

25. Because she wanted Mateo’s first word to be daddy

26. Because white flowers remind her of him now, not just her vow #teamflowerpetals

27. Because they are two imperfect people trying to bring their baggage into a relationship and make things work.

28. Because she told Michael he was wrong and at the end of the day It was Rafael she saw herself with. 

29. Because they had a magical kiss

30. Because she genuinely wanted to live with him. Go to bed and wake up…(she never got to finish her sentence :( boo Rafael)

31. Because she believes in meant to be’s. And she got the feeling that she is meant to be with him even though it sounded ridiculous. 

32. Because she did not believe him when he said he does not love her the same way she loved him

33. Because she did not want to give up and let him go. After going through seven stages of grief she did not accept their break up. She came back with hope that they will work it out. 

34. Because when she is with him she loses track of time

35. Because she is too cautious, he is too impulsive. They meet each other halfway and suddenly there is perfect balance. 

36. Because she pushes him to fight for what he wants and not be a brat who wants easy things in life. 

37. Because he was her fantasy when she was 19 and just when you thought she learned her lesson to stay away from him, he became her fantasy again. 

38. Because she finds him generous and incredibly kind

39. Because they had sex dreams about each other. 

40. Because they are different but they are “better together” as a team

41. Because they were both raised by single parents (who also happened to lie to them). So they really want the family and the home they never had growing up. 

42. Because they are great parents to Mateo and never let any of their differences, no matter how big or small get in the way of being the best parent to mr. sweet face :’)

43. Because Jane is so obsessed with being a perfect mom that she gets carried away sometimes. Rafael is the only one who can pull her back and make her adjust her plan so she can get a break. 

44. Because if there was an endorphin test to measure love these two would score through the roof

45. Because even though Xiomara did not like it even she couldn’t miss the spark between Jane and Rafael when they touched. 

46. Because even the perfect relationship of two years could not compete with the connection she felt with him. 

47. Because “Rafael and Jane naturally clash. Their relationship is full of bumps, but that’s what makes it so believable and so wonderful.”

48. Because this journey is about how the “characters are going to learn and grow and change” and this is what Jane and Rafael do with each other. Otherwise they remain pretty much the same people, stuck with their own point of views.  Petra would never bring a change to Rafael. Michael would never bring a change to Jane. 

49. Because for Jennie Urman the story is a fairy tale. It is about fate and destiny. This story is about Jane, and Rafael. 

50. Because Jennie said everything clicks at the end, and this is how it clicks with Jane, Rafael and Mateo.

51. He is her best friend.

52. Because he is there to catch her when she falls.

53. Because she was scared, and she was giving up and he understood that, but he did not let her miss the golden opportunity to get her book published.

54. Because he cheers the loudest when she succeeds.

55. Because despite of being two very different types of individuals they respect each other as co-parents and partners. 

56. Because he is  her biggest fan when it comes to her writing.

57. Because he calls her out when she is wrong, when she is scared, when she is wrongfully judgmental.

58. Because he would never let her get stuck. 

59. Because she wouldn’t let him get stuck. 

60. Because even after spending so much time with each other they still talk to each other at night about anything and everything. 

61. Because he happily became her wingman (and it looked like he was with her)

62. Because she called him from the bathroom when she was freaking out on her date.

63. Because even if it was weird Jane wanted to tell him when she had guilt free sex.

64. Because they tackle all Mateo things “together”

65. Because when he thinks of family she is who he sees.

66. Because he loved her, right?

67. Because he loves her, so much

68. Because 4+ years later her heart glowed for him, again.

69. Because her book would not have existed if it was not for him.

70. Because the stars aligned for these two

71. Because she believes in the good in him even when he fucks up

72. Because he is family to her

73. Because he is her muse

74. Because she love him unconditionally

75. Because with him everything feels right, and she feels she is exactly where she is meant to be

76. Because she doesn’t want him to be light

77. Because for better or worse, richer or poorer she wants forever with him.

78. Because he bet on her dream

79. Because she means everything to him

80. Because Mateo’s heart glowed when he found out they are together.

81. Because Alba is teamjafael. Xio thinks he is her destiny and Rogelio thought it was only a matter of time before they got together. 

latesummermoon:

areyoutheregoditsmetania:

People need to STOP looking at me

Mood since I was 12 years old

deadlylittlekate:

elfstaranymore:

feministess:

elfstaranymore:

also re: teens sitting around with their tablets and smartphones

like, if a kid can access the internet (with some privacy still) while also sitting in the same room as their parents, honestly that’s better and more social than what I did as a teenager, which was hole up in my room at my desktop computer that I couldn’t move anywhere else in the house

mostly what I see from the teens in my family is they will sit and scroll through their phone, but if something interesting starts happening, or a new person enters the room, or they see something cool they want to share, they look up and interact again, because they’re sitting right there with everyone else.

that is waaaay more social than 2002 me, hunched over my desktop for hours and only seeing my mom in passing when I went to microwave a burrito at 1am. way, way more social.

My whole family does this now. We’re all in the same room, but each on a phone, tablet, or laptop. Certain poop heads will shake their heads at how technology is dividing us.

But

Like

What do they think families have done for since ever? Talk constantly while playing educational board games every evening? No.

They’d each be reading, or sewing, or writing letters or some shit, and mostly sat quietly near each other but not bothering each other.

yes this

It reminds me of the whole “omg people on trains used to TALK to each other” argument. No, they didn’t. They read the newspaper or stared straight ahead avoiding eye contact.

People have been finding reasons not to talk to each other for centuries.