Awwww, Anon. :)))) If it matters, it’s people like you who do make me inch closer to watching.
The difference with bly manor for me in terms of their ending is the fact that i never felt like dani and jamie were written for anyone other than us (and definitely not for straights) and that happens so rarely, almost never. The lesbian wrote the last episode and you could feel it. Combine that with the fact they were central to the story, the very soul of it, and you get something special. That said I understand why you don’t wanna watch it, this is just my veiw on it. Btw looove your gifs :)
Yeah, I can understand that! The feeling of even existing for the writers, let alone being the main consideration is so rare in anything with a budget, let alone a big Netflix franchise. It’s super validating!
It’s just, you know me… Heh. And thank you so much!
kajillionaire was such a strange weird movie but the romance was so cute and sweet. i really loved that scene where melanie is trying to flirt by saying old dolie must have lonely housewives throwing themselves at her
It really was! I was expecting it to be more a very random hipster kind of movie but it ended up so earnest and honestly, rewatching, knowing what’s coming, romantic. My friend’s currently watching it and is really loving it and I’m having fun watching it through her eyes. She’s really connecting to OD, lol.
And hah, yes, that scene, Melanie playing out that cliche to hit on OD, it was cute. It was just nice in general seeing such a deprived person receiving the attention Melanie was showering on and start to soak it in.
Have you seen ep 3 of Soulmates? It has WLW! The show is an anthology each ep is separate like Black Mirror. Sadly no one is talking about it except the MLM ep.
I did! I did, and as I mentioned, I was expecting it to go with poly and it did, so not really my thing, even with Georgina Campbell in another f/f role. I did see that the mlm ep was gonna have the Pennywise actor and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in a kind of romcom ep and I kind of wish we’d gotten that as well, heh. I do have some thoughts on how, considering the rules of this world, every other couple–whether or not they choose the person who’s their soulmate–is monogamous, just not the wlw couple, but I’m more just observing the pattern than making any judgment on it.
What I liked about bly manor is that finally for once there are a lot of straight people who recognize a wlw relationship. Not that it hasn’t happened before but my straight friends said that they actually cried at the ending, so it was refreshing to see that they were actually moved by a wlw plot line! It really doesn’t happen that often which is really sad
I get that but the bulk of our stories in mainstream have always* been sad precisely to inspire this sympathy in straight people. “Realistic” homophobia, whether it’s in coming out stories now or historical drama, has always been for straight people. Queer characters suffering, being separated, dying frequently, that’s constructed for their benefit already. So it is a little sad that it takes this approach for them to recognize us.
And of course, if it’s sad enough even the straights are crying, there’s no hope for me, lol.
*ETA: Well, not always, of course first they were sad because it was a cautionary tale. I meant the ones where they’re sympathetically told. Although of course…therein lies the rub, even sympathetic stories can be cautionary. But that’s a whole different convo, I just wanted to address my inaccurate generalization.
Georgiou thinking of Michael and everyone knowing she’s concerned and has 0 idea how to handle that concern
I loved that, it was just so apparent, it’s my favorite version of how Georgiou is written, so worried about and attached to Michael and being a whole mess at handling it. I think I’ve said this before, but I love her characterization is basically that of this grumpy mean cat who likes one person only and begrudges even that.
