brendan fraser. “remember, they always deserve it” so true bestie. girlboss scammer. knife throwing. the fun kind of miscommunication trope. i love his house. shit end
tlhod’s Gender Situation as written in 1968 (published in 1969) was about a man from Earth who goes to another planet inhabited by alternate-bio ambisexual humans who are completely like Earth humans in every other respect. The man from Earth at first expects them to be like men in a way that’s recognizable to him, and that expectation causes him some struggles in relating to them, but he then comes to accept them on their own terms.
An updated look at that Gender Situation might be about a nonbinary person from Earth who goes to another planet inhabited by alternate-bio ambisexual humans who are completely like Earth humans in every other respect. The nonbinary person from Earth at first expects them to be like nonbinary people in a way that’s recognizable to them, and that expectation causes them some struggles in relating to them, but they then come to accept them on their own terms.
Mutatis mutandis since “nonbinary” is a way, way broader category than “man” (hello multigenders I love you) but people who have never heard of gender are going to have a different, for lack of a better word, thing going on than someone who is familiar with a gender binary and has rejected it.
(I also think having a normal earth queer person interact with members of a fantasy gender/lack of gender would be interesting. Real deal meets metaphor. It’s like if an actual trans woman met Jadzia Dax.)
Going to take this post a step further and point out that the The Hungry Eyes cookbook is a deliberate reference to the song Hungry Eyes by Eric Carmen (Yes, Carmen. Can't get more on the nose than that). That song was featured in Dirty Dancing, and we already know how Storer outright said John Hughes movies were specifically inspiring him in Season 2, so it's not a stretch to say this iconic 80s movie also played a role.
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Here is a clip of the scene, also take note of what they're doing with their hands on their chest at the start. Looks kinda familiar right?
If you look up what the song means, it can not get any more literal. I mean they literally call themselves partners.
They left Season 1 with him looking at her like she is a literal piece of cake and that man is starved.