8 Shows to Get to Know Me
The rules seem pretty simple, just to list 8 shows to get to know me. Some people have explanations and some don't so we'll see.
I was tagged by: @negrowhat, @farewellnverland, @wanderlust-in-my-soul, and I think @introvertedkeni. I’m sorry for putting this off, but I have watched so much stuff in my life.
1. Star Trek: Deep Space 9
I’ve been watching Star Trek since I was seven days old with my dad, and Deep Space 9 remains my favorite series. I like how it makes the future feel like a real place that people live in. Unlike the other shows, we can’t just fly away from our problems. We have to live with them and with our differences. I admired Benjamin Sisko so much. I have a deep love for Nog, and he and Jake are one of my first ships. I regularly return to this Star Trek more than any of them, and it’s an easy way for me to mention Babylon 5, without which this show would not exist. This may be the black sheep of Star Trek, but it is the show that I think legitimizes Star Trek the most.
2. Yu Yu Hakusho
I grew up in the heyday of Toonami, and I find myself returning to Yu Yu Hakusho even as an adult. It’s one of the rare shows I think is actually more enjoyable in its English dub. I just enjoy how different each arc feels, and the Dark Tournament is still one of the most compelling tournament arcs in anime history.
Also, Smile Bomb is still the best intro song ever used IMO.
3. Black Sails
I put this show just under the Wire in terms of how well I think it built on its own mythology over its runtime. The philosophical ideas at the core of this show are so potent, and it’s one of the few shows that isn’t necessarily about the queer experience in which the desires of queer people are the driving forces of the narrative. It’s amazing to think that this is a Treasure Island prequel blandly described as “Wet Game of Thrones,” but it’s one of the most compelling shows about anti-imperialism I’ve ever experienced.
4. The Fosters
I started watching this show because I saw two lesbian civil servants raising all dem kids. In this show we have a black assistant principal and a white police officer who are raising the cop’s oldest son (a pianist), their adopted latinx twins Mariana and Jesus, and then they pick up Callie and Jude. Jude was queer, and I was thrilled to finally see a show about queer people raising a queer child. The actor who played Emmett on Queer as Folks (Peter Paige) was one of the showrunners. I think this show became a hot mess after season 1a, and instead started focusing on the kids way too much. However, I have an undying love for Stef and Lena, and the Jonnor pinky touch is still the best we’ve ever had.
This show is objectively not that good, but this is one of the few shows during the time of the Clexa Incident and the Great Lesbian TV Purge that went through that unscathed. I also spent a great deal of time fighting off Brallie fans in the era; I do not miss that. We just didn’t have a lot of options at the time, and this show was a beacon of frank queer life that I desperately needed.
This is another show who I think has a perfectly selected intro. This show also is a case study in the shift from ABC Family to Freeform.
5. Avatar: The Last Airbender
I was almost 15 when this started airing. It was my first time having to track a show down because of the erratic airing schedule. I think this show has one of the most satisfying arcs in all of TV history, and it is my default show to use when I talk about how to do a serialized story well. Avatar fans can refer to specific episodes so easily and quickly, and yet we can appreciate how each episode contributes to the global narrative. It really is a masterpiece.
6. What Did You Eat Yesterday?
As much as I have fun with BL, it’s really the queer shows that stick with me. A show about two gay men in their 40s trying to maintain a committed relationship despite their differences, and grounded around the meals they share together? This was always going to be one of my favorite shows of all time. I adore Shiro and Kenji, and I hope to have a partnership as good as theirs someday.
7. One Day At a Time
I’m a sucker for a good sitcom. I was excited about the revival of this classic and centered around a Cuban-American family in which the daughter comes out as a lesbian. Also, Rita Moreno is here. This is one of the Netflix cancellations I will never forgive. The finale of the second season is one of the most memorable cries I’ve ever had in television. I adore this cast so much. This is a show that is so much greater than the sum of its parts.
8. Moonlight Chicken
This is Aof at his best, and I don’t foresee anyone making anything that will replace this show for me. If I Told Sunset About You fixed the Love of Siam (2007) sized hole in my heart, Moonlight Chicken is the intergenerational queer family drama that I need as an adult. What we need as adults more than anything is a little bit of kindness and a great deal of compassion. Aof has so much care for all of his characters, his actors, his crew, and the viewers. This is one of the most gentle stories I’ve ever experienced about some extremely difficult topics. The intergenerational love flowing out of this show is so strong. I have been forever changed by this show.
tagging: @shortpplfedup, @liyazaki, @flukenatouch, @kyr-kun-chan, @elnotwoods, and anyone else who wants to participate.
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My ships are almost never endgame bc I usually prefer the less popular ships.
I seriously love ships that are more compatible & similar to each other (and wholesome & sweet to each other), than opposites attract or a ship that’s unrequited until the other person “finally” changes their mind. I usually find those ships toxic (not judging anyone for shipping them though) and people find my favorite ships boring lol.
Like this is my list compared to the popular (and usually endgame) ships:
-Stalia over Stydia
-Cordueva over Jafael
-Matlingsworth over Zaya
-Callie/Aaron over Brallie (not endgame thankfully bc they’re siblings) and currently hating the popular but politically opposite Callie/Jamie. Although Aaron also got kind of toxic during the AJ love triangle, so I’m hoping she finds someone new in Good Trouble.
And the show is still going but:
-Zimon over Zoemax
Any time a character (usually a guy) gets angry at his friend (usually a girl) for not being with him or for dating someone else, I immediately stop shipping them. It feels possessive, not romantic.
I don’t like the “dogged nice guy” trope, so that’s why I only like friends to lovers when the feelings are mutual, not when one person is pining for years.
Again I respect all shippers and understand wanting more excitement in a ship, but I notice a pattern of which ships I prefer and which ones I can’t stand 💀
To add to this, this is why I don’t automatically ship friends to lovers. It depends on the situation. If it’s mutual pining, I ship it, or if one person has a crush but accepts rejection and staya friends, then I’ll ship it (or enjoy it as a friendship). But if the person with a crush responds to rejection with anger (which Zig, Brandon, Max, and Rafael have all done imo), I get whiny “friend zone” vibes and won’t ship it lol. Stiles I think was a good example of handling rejection, but I enjoyed their friendship and loved Stalia a lot so it was hard for me to appreciate stydia.
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the fosters, s1e11
tw: brief mentions of (fictional) past r*pe and s*xual a*sault, foster siblings having romantic/sexual relationships, poor mental health, father figure fighting an alcohol problem, somewhat shitty commentary but that’s everything I post lmao
1k words
(started about 10 minutes in)
HELL YEAH JUDE
PREACH
STAND UP FOR YOURSELF BBY BOY
ALSO HEY BRANDON YOU PIECE OF SHIT
WHAT THE FUCK DUDE
I’M STILL PISSED AT HIM
Ju: you’re no better than liam >:(
Me: FUCK HIM UP BABY BOY
B: I love callie
[egregious puking noises]
Look ship whatever you want
Just acknowledge when things are problematic
Ship brallie to your heart’s content as long as you don’t condone in*est IRL
I’m not here to police ppl, I’m just giving opinions no one asked for cause that’s the entire purpose of this blog
Oh no jude
Poor boy
I literally hate brandon sm he needs to get his shit together
[aggressive vibing to the theme song]
[weeping] you’re surrounded by love and you’re wanted
I used to think the theme was cheesy
Now i literally love it sm
The RUBBER DUCKY
THE HAND HOLDING
Ugh ads
I really think people are overlooking jude’s feelings rn
Omfg stef’s mom (her name is sharon, bee)
I love her
I love jude and sharon’s dynamic it’s
Chef’s kiss
Immaculate
Sh: I’m not gonna break up with him cause I love his bed
“Subtext, by calvin klein ;)”
Oh right this is the bed that fucks up their marriage
Ju: I’m a taco :D
Me: [I can’t find it but the clip from b99 where boyle says I’m gonna need a minute
It cuts to a black screen that says one minute later than cuts back to charles tear and snot stained face after clearly crying a lot
Boyle: sorry for the sobbing and the wailing and the weird snorting noise I made at the end
But yeah that’s me rn]
Oh god not more jesus lexi drama
I wish mariana and jesus got along better
Also jake t austin jesus walked so noah centineo jesus could run
I love that typed out it looks like I mean jesus the religious figure
Oh shit
Lexi needs to stop gatekeeping and mariana needs to stop taking the division of time as a personal offense
I mean she and jesus are both taurus so I’m not surprised they’re clashing
Oh god callie why did you run away w wyatt
I hate wyatt
I hate the aliens dialogue
W: the government is making it seem fake oOoOoH
Literally hate it
Callie “he’s better off without me” addams foster is getting on my last fuckin nerve
Like the insensitivity?????
The not actually caring about the people around you under the guise of caring about them??????
The only difference between martyrdom and soupyslide is press coverage
The whole Wyatt And Callie On The Run thing is getting old and it’s been happening for like 10 minutes
Self sacrifice isn’t cute sis
WYATT WHAT THE FUCK
He claims to care about her and yet
Deletes the fucking voicemail from her mom??????????
What???????
Christ stef is fucking crying
Sh: my love…
STEF AND HER MOM BOTH CALL PPL MY LOVE
SO FUCKING CUTE
Now wyatt is playing the good guy???F???
Okay hold up
Look
Callie and brandon are both at fault for kissing each other at stef and lena’s wedding
which was SO cute btw
the wedding not the gross kiss
I will say that callie, who was literally r*ped by L*am, was incredibly emotionally volatile then bc everything with him had been stirred up and she just found out he wouldn’t go to jail
No one would be surprised if she did something impulsive and self destructive bc of the trauma, especially something related to having an inappropriate relationship with a foster brother
Brandon knew about all of this and he wasn’t having flashbacks or a bunch of trauma about anything
He should have stopped her or at least pushed her away
And he didn’t
I’m not saying Callie isn’t at fault too, what I am saying is that brandon had more responsibility in that situation and didn’t do what a decent person would do
WYATT AND BRANDON ARE BOTH BAD FOR CALLIE
SHE DOESN’T NEED A RELATIONSHIP RN SHE NEEDS A LOVING SUPPORTIVE FAMILY
Callie is so clearly sprialing rn
At least Wyatt is actually trying to help her
No one can handle a stressful situation in this show
I can’t describe how much I hate the pseudo end of the fucking world energy they’re going for
At least wyatt had the decency to not immediately try to share a bed w her
I like how flustered he gets cuddling her
That’s cute at least
I don’t like that callie didn’t consider that sharing a bed would make him nervous or uncomfy
OH SHIT THERE THEY ARE
MOMS HAVE ENTERED THE CHAT
And now callie, feeling trapped again, is going to run away yet again
And do something impulsive
Yet again
Jfc
Look I have trauma and a strong fight or flight response too, but I dont hurt the people I love
Hitching a ride with a trucker??????????? She’s going to put herself in a very avoidable irreversibly bad situation
I love mike getting to be a good dad figure
It’s rare with the whole alcoholic plot
I really hate that too btw
He has a comforting presence
Let him be a good dad
Mariana you can want to be vegan but pls don’t be a toxic vegan
Let people make their own choices
I love frazzled mike trying to be a good dad
I wish mariana would be a little bit more of a problem solver
If she doesn’t want any animal products or peanut butter offer to make your own lunch maybe??????
I hate how fast Jesus and Mariana forgave brandon after the whole “We ToOk YoU iN wHeN NoOnE eLsE wAnTeD yOu!!! sTeF iS mY mOm!!!!” bullshit
“Mom’s car won’t start” lmao
What the actual fuck callie
If she’s this at risk for such self destructive behavior she needs way more help
HOT GIRL WITH PINK MULLET
MARRY ME
Oh god not the begging for a job scene
I hate this part
I’m a little over half way done with the episode so I’ll cut it here, part 2 will be up shortly
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