I did briefly mention it earlier but yeah, she did seem to guess! I don’t know what it was about how Dana and Debbie looked over but she did seem to sense something life-wrecking was about to happen. Maybe she expected just something horrible, but that…oof.
in tbh april says craig wu said things about her she’d never told anyone. did craig wu throw out something about gay rights and shake april to her core?
Oh, I wonder. Not in a way that anybody else could have made that connection, right, I don’t think April was THAT discombobulated and nobody else even mentioned it. But it is an interesting that April made such a point of it to say he brought up secrets nobody else knew, you’d assume maybe he hinted at it.
But still, I think that whole bit was mostly for comedic effect, and it would get pretty unfunny if he held outing her over her head. She’s never want Sterling to use her bombshell if it meant Craig could out her in return. I think she was just disturbed he knew so much and was paranoid that MAYBE he knew about her being gay and then decided he couldn’t and hence went ahead and gave Sterling the info.
I think this was a theory mentioned before about how sterling from TBH was an “Adele” in April’s life, because back when they were first getting partnered up for the debate, they were both joking around and we can see that April was kind of warming up to her but immediately put her guard back up. And then later in the ep it came out that April was still pretty hurt about sterling “giving her away” to another group.
Yeah, for sure, their dynamic seems so intense, and especially on April’s side, that definitely leans into the theory. But even if they HAD just been friends, how differently would April have acted, you know? I don’t know if I’d consider that confirmation of the theory or even if we’ll ever get it.
religious anon here! yes, I didn’t realize that as well after watching and rewatching it. It only sank in with me because I had an epiphany this morning lol. for me, I think why I didn’t realize it right away, is because of how comfortable they are in their own skin that I didn’t question it. that all this talk of sex is just another tuesday for them; it’s normal and it’s okay. sex is such a taboo in a conservative religion that a fresh take like this feels like a miracle, at least for me.
sorry i have so much thoughts haha and, like, even with their eventual coming out, whenever that happens, it doesn’t hang onto the idea that God might smite them and send them to hell. It’s just a very real fear of people judging them or shaming them or, as in April’s situation, her bigoted father. i mean… is there any other religious show where they tackle sexuality and sex in general but the religion isn’t in question? (½)
(2/2) I have lots of love for this show and i deeply regretted that i judged tbh before i watched it. oh and btw, i like The Fellowship. It’s both endearing and ominous. haha
Yeah, I think we didn’t make a big deal because they didn’t make a big deal. It really is so unusual, I’m trying to think of the religious LGBT stories I’ve seen and it’s actually not that many, since I avoid the unhappy ones and that’s most of them. For the non-Christian characters, there were Muslims like Rana on Corrie and Adena on TBT, with varying levels of devoutness, and they actually seemed to be okay with it, but in both cases the show just genuinely never even brought up how they navigated the intersection of religion and sexuality, it was just…a fait accompli. 😛 Sydney on Saving Hope was devoutly Jewish and man, it WAS a huge deal for her to work through, something it took a long time for her to come to terms with. I really liked her story, but that’s exactly what you meant, right, where religion was something to Process, although that’s also very important rep in its own right.
There are obviously way more stories with Christians but I cannot remember a single one of them now, lol, I feel like most of them were people with religious family who’d judge them, that was the angle, they themselves weren’t seen to really think of it much or need to reconcile things, like Rana and Adena. All this to say that yes, I’ve not seen it done like this, where a religious person was immediately like, yes, I’ve accepted myself and I think God has too. As you said, it’s powerful!
I’m kind of curious at what exactly you were prejudging it for, but at least you know better now. 😛 And lol, the Fellowship. The Tolkien connotations would have been too strong, but I still think we can do better than Stepril. :[
April from TBH reminded me SO MUCH of someone but all I could remember was the name “Gia;” I couldn’t remember what show or movie she was from. Turns out it’s Full House! Sterling doesn’t remind me of anyone looks-wise, but her voice always makes me think of Laura from Carmilla. (You can publish this if you want to.)
Oh wow, I’m impressed you were able to actually remember the name and then draw it back to the character. I could never (apparently!). Ahhh, the attitude definitely makes the resemblance stronger.
Oooh, looking up vids of Carmilla (I only ever saw a few minutes of it, years ago D:), I hear that.
And another anon:
As i was writing Blair’s name it felt like I’d called her the wrong thing before and i guess i was right sorry for the confusion lol
Lol, no worries, just glad it got cleared up. But there was still another anon who thought you meant April and agreed…. =_=
what does sterling means by “but people change back” with luke? is it bout april become her enemies back?
Oh, you know, that’s a good question. I didn’t take it that way but I guess it is kind of hazy, let me work out how I immediately took it and moved on.
Let’s see, if you remember the conversation in ep 7 when Sterling and Blair were on the stakeout with Bowser he implied Michelle could have changed and things could work out this time and Sterling latches onto that and is like, does he really think people can change, in the context of April. And then of course after that, for a brief few days it feels like everything has changed and is so perfect. So when Luke says, if you gave her a chance, you’d be surprised, people change, I think to Sterling, it reminded her of how she had actually experienced all that, but now it was all over. To me it was about the situation changing back, that April had “changed” back into how she was before, too afraid to even be in a relationship.
And also, since Sterling’s next line was about missing Luke and then kissing him, you could almost see her trying to will herself to change back into the person who was happy with him. Ultimately, I read it as a lament that she’d gone on this whole journey and things were back to her and April not being together and was all that change, forward and then back, worth the hurt.
Sorry to send another abt this but i was really thinking what was I thinking about jodie comer and blair but i’m looking at her now and can say definitively the reason i think this is her forehead and eyes! Maybe her bone structure a little bit but it’s just the eyes and forehead are very striking to me idk
Actually her cheekbones as well
You’re really focused on this, anon! Wait, Blair? I thought you meant April this whole time. Yeah, I can see Blair more easily, sure, lol.
And another anon:
TBH actors just look like themselves ¯_(ツ)_/¯
The more we watch, the more they do become the “original”! I’ve basically stopped comparing and just see ~them~ now.
