r/TheSummerITurnedPrett

To think we will add another one soon ❤️❤️

So TSITP is officially my new obsession and I can't shut up about it lol. Honestly I'm a bit late to this since everyone has already watched it. Every single scene feels like a warm summer memory and the whole vibe is just unmatched. I've been watching it on a loop for a whole week now and my tiktok is completely flooded with edits, the cast, the soundtrack, the chemistry...everything just works so well together.

Share your first impressions when you watched the show for the first time, I'm so curious to hear!

https://youtube.com/shorts/8ogWPMXGNXA?si=J6B390yM4mHmml2m

I'd also add that they feel Belly owes him constant reassurance and excuse all of his poor communication and tests, putting the blame on her for accepting his proposal and all that, because he's insecure about how she had a crush on and dated Conrad. His insecurity cannot be wholly Belly's responsibility, after four years **that is on him**.

To still want Belly and Jeremiah together because his insecurity is "justified" because she does have those feelings for Conrad, even as she was passing all of his tests and none of it was ever enough to satisfy him. It's just this very inequal dynamic, and so damaging to Belly's psyche. Because it kind of reveals that Jeremiah operates from seeing the ways she disappoints him, and needing her to prove otherwise because she's his sole basis for self esteem. It doesn't matter how much reassurance she gives, he'll always fixate on the ways she's not living up to the impossible standard she has to meet for him. He *knew* she'd always love Conrad. If you don't believe in deliberate action over inherent feeling, then it's grossly unfair to date her in the first place.

And the thought that it's cruel for Jenny to create this character who's inferior at almost everything, who isn't favored by anyone, just to have him "lose" in the end is laughable. For one, he's not the main character. And additionally, that's the point. The theme is that you cannot force what you feel. Love cannot be a form of justice. Other people cannot be relied on to fill a hole that exists in yourself. Despite Jeremiah being less accomplished on paper, he IS loved. But because he fixates so much on the comparison, well beyond the way other people compare them (which is really just Adam), he cannot see that.

It's all about self love and compassion. Belly has to love herself to choose what she wants. Conrad has to love himself to be willing to let others love him and to be vulnerable. Jeremiah has to love himself to realize and accept all the love he's had all along rather than fixating on what he feels he's lacking and lashing out at people for not conforming to that.

I honestly don’t even know where to start.

What began as a small fan idea has now reached almost 6,200 supporters on LEGO Ideas - and that is only possible because of all of you.

Every single like, comment, share, recommendation, and vote helped bring this project to life.
Some of you supported right at the beginning. Others discovered it along the way. But all of you played a part in getting us this far - and I’m truly grateful. 💛

A small tribute to a story we all love 💫

To celebrate the 5k milestone (the last one before the final 10k), I created something new:
Junior Mint and the Infinity Necklace - two small but meaningful symbols from The Summer I Turned Pretty.

They represent the kind of memories and emotions that make this story so special - the quiet moments, the connections, the feeling of something that lasts.

I’ve added them as part of my latest update, together with new images of the house and both cars. Even if they are not officially part of the project, I hope they show how much love and detail went into this idea.

Surrpassing 5k means we are now approaching the final milestone … and still dreaming 🌊

We've surpassed the 5k mark, meaning we've already reached more than half of our required support! Very few projects achieve that!
But we all know: the journey is not over yet.

If this project is going to have a real chance to become an official LEGO set, we need to keep going - together.

If you haven’t supported yet, it only takes a moment.
And if you already did, thank you - truly. Sharing it with friends or other fans can make a huge difference. Every single vot counts!

Because in the end, this is something we can only achieve as a community.

I still believe in this idea.
And I believe in this fandom.

Let’s see how far we can take this. 💛

It’s not a boundary violation be very careful how y’all use that term.

Belly isn’t setting a safety boundary, she’s trying to shut down a conversation that’s uncomfortable and forces her to face the truth. Conrad isn’t trapping her, touching her, or preventing her from walking away. He’s simply refusing to bury his feelings one more time.

She has every right to leave or not respond, but he also has the right to finally speak. Respecting boundaries doesn’t mean silencing yourself whenever the other person doesn’t want to hear it - especially when what’s at stake is a decision that will affect the rest of her life. This moment isn’t about ignoring boundaries, it’s about Conrad refusing to collude in her denial any longer.

Also as someone who has experience with someone who would not respect my boundaries, i feel pretty offended by this garbage being spouted. What's happening in this scene is not anything resembling 'setting a boundary'. People tell each other to leave in arguments all the time. If you then go back to arguing with the person you're just arguing. Setting a boundary looks like saying 'I'm not willing to discuss this and if you don't stop I'm going to leave'. Then if they keep talking responding the same way. Then if they keep responding walking away. If she did that and then he followed her that would be 'not respecting a boundary'. And it's frightening and uncomfortable. This is not what we're watching here whatsoever.

Also when Conrad told her to forget about it she didn’t take the out, and i think that was his sign that she didn’t want to. If there were no feelings, him offering an out to pretend it never happened would have been a relief. Her anger is a sign of her love. As they say, the opposite of love is indifference, and she is INCAPABLE of being indifferent to Conrad.

She would have let him walk out when he tried to. That's why I don't understand that side saying that he was "not respecting her boundaries". He literally went to leave, then she stopped him because she wanted to continue their conversation. It was heated, but it was something they were both willing to be part of.

In the kitchen argument scene, you can see so well which effect both Conrad & Belly have on each other, those electric jolts. Their connection is so deep, endless. And to have Conrad finally being so firm and honest about his love to Belly to her was breaking me in the best way. And that Belly can’t even hear Conrad saying her name, because that’s too intense and it breaks down her wall bricks by bricks. Soooo buzzy.

Both Belly and Conrad learned something through this conversation. For Belly it was Conrad has changed which is kind of ironic she was begging him to do what he always done to make an excuse and leave she did not want to confront those feelings and for Conrad, her reaction showed him despite what she is saying she still loves him like the song says she gave herself away. This was so pivotal to stop the denial that Conrad ,Belly and even Jeremiah have been in.

One thing Belly ALWAYS tends to do is coddle Jeremiah, as if he’s not strong enough to handle disagreement. So she gives in. With Conrad, she will challenge him and let him challenge her. One of the very things Steven commented on to Taylor. That Belly needs someone who will challenge her and that will never be Jeremiah.

Also it’s funny how they say he’s “crossing boundaries” but they are both partaking in crossing each other’s boundaries. Like it’s consensual something Jeremiah has no concept of or else he would’ve understood that belly was not in the mood to be intimate in episode 7.

Like are the boundaries in the room with us?

Am I the only one on his team?! He's honestly a great character and didn't deserve to be played the way Belly played him. Comment if you're team justice4cam!!!

I can understand even if I don't agree with Taylor making hits for him but why the fuck did Steven had to have that change? I understood Jeremiah although I still feel blamed the wrong person, since it was Adam who favored Conrad. But s2 Steven was so supportive of Conrad, knew of his panic attacks etc that this shift he made in s3, just didn't make sense. And even the explanation he gave didn't convince me like so what? You lost touch and now you're acting like he's a stranger to you? He could've also tried to go where Conrad was instead of expecting Conrad to go and visit him. Also why couldn't we have a scene with Steven yelling at Jeremiah even after finding out about the cheating??? It was always let dragged Conrad down. The only person who was on side and never yelled at him was Laurel because although I love Belly but even she was too harsh on him.

Personally I loved and find Bonrad chemistry more hotter and passionate than Jellyfish. It felt like Lola had better chemistry with Chris than with Gavin.