i don’t know what prompted me to do this, but i basically rewatched my favorite episodes and moments of all six seasons of the mindy project. i haven’t watched the show in years, and wow what a trip.
the mindy project was the first and only fandom i was truly part of, the show that shaped my entire tumblr experience and got me into writing, and the show that consumed so much of me and my life for six seasons. rewatching it brought me back to my college days where we’d freak out over new promo photos and frantically reblog gif sets immediately after the show aired, and just being absolutely obsessed of the will they/wont they of mindy and danny, how we analyzed all the photos from set and the writer’s room and scripts, wrote incredible pieces of work, created fan vids and art, and how this show brought so many people together to this corner of the internet, and my god all the discourse, both good and bad lol.
but nostalgia for the tmp fandom aside, i’m just reminded of how much i love mindy and danny, even after all this time. they were never perfect. they were frustrating, messy, real, passionate, dynamic, lovable and unlikeable all at once, but they were really something. 🥹