A concept: eating fresh fruit on a balcony in Greece during the golden hour with little or no clothing on, hair tied in a bun, wine in my glass, the beach close by
there is something about that person saying “Maybe so” in that popular gif that gives off the aura of this….. shakespearean swagger. you know what i mean? there’s something about it that’s so imbued with such elegant panache with the way this person looks when they say it. it’s impossible to replicate.
I love this animation. It’s so far from Pixar but I think it is what Pixar is trying to get at. If Pixar would pay attention to the eyes in this animation – they could learn so much.
identifying as “queer” stopped being empowering once it became an expectation instead of a deliberate statement
what the fuck does this mean
that i do not find that word to be empowering as i am expected to identify with that word, called that word coercively, and belittled for not wanting to be called by that word, as opposed to when reclaiming that slur was a personal and deliberate political statement
I’m pretty sure I’m the only active mod at this point, but I watched the first episode at a half, wanting to like it, but had to stop. I found the protagonist incredibly unlikable – not to mention clearly having been written with only a surface-level awareness of autistic traits – and disliked how much it focused on how hard it was for his parents.
Also his therapist was really bad? She didn’t really offer any advice beyond “be normal” and clearly had no idea how to actually help him.
I liked his sister and how his Dad genuinely tried to relate to him though
(also, given what I’ve heard about how he treats his girlfriend and is basically allowed to because he’s autistic, I’m glad I stopped when I did)
(please don’t send “well I liked it messages”. I was asked my opinion and gave it, you can debate it amongst yourselves but I’m not getting involved)
Mod Liz
I wanted to add @secretly-rizahawkeye‘s tags to this because I think they make a really good point
lavenduers 