⚠️This blog post contains spoilers for episodes 1-3 of Ironheart⚠️

Happy Thursday, my friends! Hope this week has been treating you all well. I’ve been consuming a ton of new media this week, one of those including the first three episodes of the newest Marvel show, Ironheart! You all know I’m always so excited for new Marvel projects, and this one was no exception. I’ve been missing some Iron Man type action, and this show absolutely brings that (and more!) back to the table. So let’s jump into it!
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Let’s dive into that first episode. As someone who grew up in the Boston area, it’s always so exciting to see it represented in projects. I loved getting to see a little more of Riri at MIT on the screen! But of course, that was short lived when Riri was expelled from the school. I loved how her AI in her suit at the beginning was supposed to be a little spin on Clippy, the clip art paper clip. One of my favorite things about these Marvel projects is getting to learn more of the lore behind all of the newer characters we have, so this episode was especially exciting getting to learn more about Riri’s family, and her history with Natalie, her bestie. 

I also super enjoyed getting to see how she handled the elevator scene, trying to escape the poisonous gas! It’s clear Parker wanted her to solve it a particular way, to get the gas mask, but she went a whole other route and basically broke down the elevator. I think that’s also such a great way to show that Riri beats to her own drum, and finds her own way. The crew she’s been working with these last three episodes is so fun. I especially love Shea Couleé’s character. They are absolutely killing it, and I’m always cracking up when they are on the screen 😂 And then of course, episode one ends with Riri waking up to her accidental creation of the N.A.T.A.L.I.E. AI. Such a cool twist!

I was so curious to see what direction they were going to go with Riri’s AI, and I was really happy with what they ended up doing with N.A.T.A.L.I.E. I know in the comics, there is a version where Riri uses Tony Stark as her AI, but I was pretty sure they weren’t going to go that route (especially since they have RDJ currently contracted as Doom. It just seemed unlikely.) So this was a great outcome!

Alrighty, episode two. We get the first in-action job with The Hood’s team. This episode was SUPER cool. I love how the MCU is constantly thinking of new technology to incorporate into their stories—like these underground car tunnels in this episode. Super super creative, and it was such an awesome way to watch Riri interact with N.A.T.A.L.I.E. and the tech around her. And of course, this is the episode we are first introduced to Joe. The scene of the two of them belting songs together in the car was cracking me up 😂 and I loved how even though he’s a black market arm’s dealer, he’s like the chillest version of them ever HAHAH. He’s so gentle for someone who sells all these illegal weapons. Especially with his little “Live, Laugh, Love” signs everywhere 🤭

I’m also interested in N.A.T.A.L.I.E. glitching when she was reminded of her real-life counterpart’s death. I feel that this isn’t actually a glitch in N.A.T.A.L.I.E.’s firmware, but rather because Riri still has not processed or fully grieved the death of her best friend and her stepfather, and this probably translated over when she did her brain scan to create N.A.T.A.L.I.E. I’m curious to see how the MCU continues to address this as the show goes on, because it’s such a heavy topic. But I love love love how Marvel has been so unafraid lately to discuss topics of mental health with their characters. I feel like it makes them seem more real, in a way. Not perfect super-beings.

Let’s wrap this up with episode three! I’m so excited to learn more about The Hood and his past. Especially as they feed us little details here and there, like the scaling on his back, and how at the end he’s yelling at someone, or something? My guess right now is that maybe he is in talks with Dormammu? I could be TOTALLY off on that one, though. I guess only time will tell! I also thought N.A.T.A.L.I.E. having a little necklace piece that Riri wears was such a cute way to untether her from the suit (I hope they sell that as an actual jewelry piece!). And then THE OBADIAH STANE CONNECTION?! I could scream. Joe actually being Ezekiel Stane was a CRAZY plot twist I was not expecting (also him keeping his father’s ashes in a ziplock bag is WILDDDD hahaha 😂). What a cool way to tie in some past Iron Man connection while still keeping the story fresh and new with Riri. It was a perfect tie in, in my opinion. And then we get left on quite a cliffhanger, with Riri losing the biomesh skin and having a pretty bad panic attack. But we know our girl is smart—she’ll figure this out!

Also can we talk real quick about how fun the title cards for each episode have been? I love that they incorporate them into the scenes, like Riri crashing into the street, or the money raining from the ceiling in episode three. This project has been so fun and creative so far, and I cannot wait to see what the last three episodes next week bring us! I wish this show was on a one-episode-weekly release schedule so we could extend the love—it’s been so much fun so far!

What do you all think of Ironheart so far? Feel free to drop a comment below, or in my Instagram Subscriber Broadcast! I love seeing what you all are thinking about current projects :)

Until next week’s review!

-Jess <3

Happy Wednesday, my friends! Despite the chaos of the world, I hope that things have been well with all of you and you are enjoying these beginning days of summer. There is so much to look forward to in the coming months in terms of fandom projects! We’ve got Iron Heart, Elio, Superman, Fantastic Four, the new Jurassic World movie, and the live action How To Train Your Dragon project that just came out this past Friday! I still have to get to the theater to see it, but I’ve heard great things about it so far and am really excited to see what they’ve done with it.

Things on my end have been super chaotic, but going well! Summer always tends to be busy season for content creation (probably because there are so many new things coming out and lots of fun activities to do!) so I’ve been trying to juggle my day-to-day life tasks with some up and coming fun things I have planned—like VidCon!

I am going to be attending VidCon this week and will be in the Anaheim area, so if you happen to see me, feel free to stop me and say hi! One of my absolute favorite things about content creation is being able to connect with all of you and talk about our favorite fandom things together. It’s one of the coolest things we have with the internet—I love how my community is just one big family of fandom-loving friends!

This is quite a short blog post compared to my last few, but that’s basically all I got for you guys today! Just over here working on some content this afternoon, and really trying to take in the sunshine now that it’s here. Also by the way, if you’ve been reading these blogs, I love you love you love you bunches! I know there is SO much content to consume on a daily basis, and the fact that some of you chose to take time out of your day to read these is not lost on me. You guys are the best! <3 Also, if you’re a frequent blog reader, react in my broadcast channel to this week’s blog link with a 🐳 emoji. “Yes whale!!” (If you know, you know 😌).

Until next week’s blog! xoxo <3 

-Jess 💕

Happy Friday, my loves! Getting this week’s blog post to you a little later than I had hoped because it has been one hell of a week. But hey. Better late than never, right? 🥰

I wanted to talk this time around about the newest episodes of Phineas and Ferb that just released on Disney+! I have absolutely loved what they have done with this new season, and I am SO glad that the show is back! I have so many wonderful memories associated with the show and the characters, and it’s been so great to kick off the start of the summer with a little hit of Disney nostalgia 🤭

Watching the first episode felt like watching one of the Phineas and Ferb movies that they had created. I loved the storyline of their Mom turning into a giant cloud for their VERY FIRST day of summer vacation, but I will say that was one of the only things that felt slightly off about the new episodes. To me, it felt like a very bold jump back into the show after a period of not having Phineas and Ferb content for a while. After that, the episodes kind of got back into classic Phineas and Ferb territory with the storylines and the songs, which I loved. But overall, I did enjoy the first episode in its entirety! And Doof calling Major Monogram to get ideas for his evil schemes was absolutely cracking me up the whole time 😂

I am so glad that for the most part, they got the whole main cast back! I am so impressed with how many new things they are still able to think up for Phineas and Ferb to build. And I absolutely love how we are still getting the classic Doofenshmirtz lines. Doof and Perry’s interactions in the show are honestly some of my absolute favorites, so any scenes with the two of them I am so grateful for. And I absolutely love how they are adding some more character development and storylines for the characters! Ferb talks a lot more now, and I loved the episode with Candace getting her driver’s license directly tying back to the episode of her learning how to parallel park. Honestly, I feel this new season has done a great job of making little references here and there to those past favorite parts of Phineas and Ferb (like the “If I had a nickel” joke being brought up TWICE) and still coming up with new and fresh ideas for storylines.

The Tropey McTropeface song being sung by Michael Bublé was NOT on my Phineas and Ferb Season 5 Bingo card at ALL, but I am so glad we got to witness that masterpiece 😂 Honestly, one of the things I’m most excited about is for them to add all these songs to a Spotify album for us! License to Bust WILL be on repeat in my house when it’s made available to listen all the time 😤 The music, as always, have been banger after banger. And I also was in stitches at Doof as the plants screaming “I’m a plant, I’m a plant!” over and over again. The other thing I have found quite interesting with this season so far is that they have really expanded from the common locations of the show! We still see the backyard, and 🎶Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated 🎶 but the kids and Doof have been doing a lot more exploring outside of their normal spots. Like the vet, bouncing around the Tri-State Area, and even a water park at one point! 

Overall, I am absolutely loving the new episodes they have created. I love that it still feels the same as watching the show when I used to watch the episodes with my siblings together over the summer, and I am so so happy Disney decided to let Phineas and Ferb have a comeback, and that so many of the original cast and crew were on board! I can’t wait to see what the rest of the episodes have in store for us (and I sure do hope they renew them for even more episodes after those ones! I can’t get enough Phineas and Ferb 🤭).

What do you all think so far of the new Phineas and Ferb episodes? Do you have a favorite one? Personally, I think mine was either the Vet episode (Episode 5) or the Chronicles of Meap episode (Episode 9) where they took all the clips from that fake trailer that they made back in the day, hahah!

Sending you all love and light for this upcoming weekend <3 

Until next week’s blog!

-Jess <3

Gooooood morning @missjessparker family! I’m currently reporting to you LIVE from a coffee shop here in Los Angeles as I write out my little post for you all! I know that there is a lot of new pop culture content coming out today (the new Fantastic Four trailer dropped this morning, a new Wicked trailer is expected to release), but we all know how I feel about trailers—after the first teaser, it is NOT for me (though, I will be watching the Wicked trailer today 👀 I count that as a teaser). So unfortunately, I can’t give much of my opinion on that because I am avoiding spoilers at all costs—though, I already saw a handful for Fantastic Four (☹️). But then, I guess, that leaves the big question—what is today’s blog post about?


Honestly? I have no real topic I want to write on today. I think I just kind of want to chat real thoughts with you all on this one. A little life update, a little talk about mental health, and all of the above. We are living in a really dark time in the world right now, and I don’t know about you guys, but it has really been getting to me lately. Heck, usually I spend my time writing these blog posts in my little Tangled corner of my room and enjoy my quiet time in my own space. But I was quite literally so stuck in my own head today that I HAD to get out of the house. And so here I am, with the whirring sounds of an espresso machine, a caramel iced latte to my right, and an escapism from my thoughts as I kind of journal my brain out to you all on this lovely Wednesday morning.


Thunderbolts* has really got me diving deep lately into my thoughts on my own void. I want to start being more transparent with you all about my life behind the screen, behind my skits and the content you see on my page. Life online can be so curated sometimes, and I like that I have created a little blog space to be able to be more open with you all. My depression and anxiety have been kicking my ass lately, and sometimes it can be really hard to get out of that space. Like, I know what I need to do to make myself feel better, but it can be so hard to implement that. But we’re taking it day by day, one little bit at a time. The fact that I even went to work somewhere other than my room today is a HUGE win on my part, I think.


So why am I telling you all this? Because I hope that somewhere, someone out there can read this and know they aren’t alone. That you can know that feeling anxious and depressed isn’t a thing to be ashamed of. It can be so hard to go through that stuff by yourself. I’m someone who really struggles to ask for help, and that’s something I’m slowly getting better at. But for a long period of my life, I would just push everything away and tell everyone I was fine. And I honestly think that how I’m feeling currently is my body and mind’s way of trying to release all my past pushed down emotions as I work through things that happened to me in the past and work on bettering myself now.


I’m about to get a little woo-woo on you guys for a second, but I’ve really been leaning into the concepts of receiving signs from the universe, and I had such a huge *gasp* moment yesterday morning that I cannot help but share with you all. Admittedly, my mornings recently have started with a ton of anxiety and a lot of sad energy. I usually can get back to feeling semi-normal after starting my routine and doing my little morning wellness activities, like yoga or journaling, but I’m still trying to figure out why this is happening. I hate nothing more than immediately starting my day with a jolt of anxiety and bad adrenaline rushing through my body. But unfortunately, that was the way my morning yesterday started out.


I’ve been really trying to combat these feelings recently with grounding myself in some activities that I know bring me joy. I realized this past week how I’ve been slacking on connecting with all of you, my community, and I have been really trying to implement that back into my content creation, because that is one of the things I love most about it! Answering DMs and comments, going live more often, etc. So yesterday I decided I wanted to go live after starting my day. But before that, I had to work on feeling a little better. So I dragged myself over to the kitchen, made myself a little avocado toast to eat, and opened TikTok for a little morning scroll.


Guys. When I tell you the universe is SCREAMING at me that big changes are coming, I am not kidding. I got 5-8 videos in a row on my TikTok For You Page right when I opened the app, with no hashtags, with tarot readings, motivational talks, and positive energy telling me that June is going to be my month, that good things are coming my way, and that I am at a pivotal shift (another reason why I may be feeling so wonky lately—a lot of times right before a big change, your energy can get a little low like mine has been!). I could not believe how many of these I got in a row. Usually I get 1 or 2 here and there, but the universe REALLY wanted me to hear this message apparently. And then I went live on Instagram, and as I was putting my makeup on, getting ready, I looked out my window and saw a yellow butterfly fly by. I’ve been seeing butterflies a lot lately, but most of them have been monarchs (which is also a sign of change) but the fact that this one was SO distinctly yellow (a sign of positivity, hope and transformation) had me stopping in my tracks. Universe, I hear you. This rough patch will be ending soon. I just have to claim it ✨


Mindset shift has been a big thing I’ve been working on, and little things like this have been helping me through it a lot. I don’t know about you guys, but I subconsciously have a lot of negative self talk that I’m trying to work through. It can be so hard sometimes, trying to rewire your brain. I feel like I didn’t realize how often I subconsciously say such mean things to myself until I started taking time to recognize it. It happens way more than I think.


Anyway, my little woo-woo universe rant aside, I hope you all know that you aren’t alone if you’re going through some tough mental health times. It’s more universally felt than most people let on, and everyone you know is probably fighting at least one inner demon, one inner void. Whatever it is you may be going through, I am sending you love and light and positivity that things may get better soon. May this be your sign that June will be your big month of change, too 💕 If you’ve read this far, thank you for taking time out of your day to read my little blogs. It’s been really nice to connect back with this part of content lately, and I hope you all have been enjoying my little journaly check ins and thoughts on current media :)


More to come. I love you guys!


-Jess