The Old Guard.
Nimona.
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
Blue Eye Samurai.
Motherland: Fort Salem.
Warrior Nun.
We've been given some excellent potential franchises here. Two of them--the most explicitly queer/subversive--were cancelled, though each of them feature queer or queer-coded characters.
No idea if/when we'll see the follow-up to The Old Guard, but the setup had potential for realizing the relationship between Andy/Quynh.
Nimona is one of the most no-apologies trans characters ever.
D&D and Blue Eye Samurai conveniently skirt queer themes even as central characters appear coded.
In fact, one of the more regressive(?) elements of Samurai is that the main (male) villains are openly queer, but only ever seen being sexually serviced by women. This is a show that, at first, kept it's protagonist on a seemingly asexual path, only to discard it toward the end in a flashback (where she, for reasons that seem entirely out of character, agrees to marry a man and eventually enjoys sex and possibly falls in love with him).
It also setup what might have been a moment of queerbaiting in the long/suggestive stare between Mizu and Akemi, only to drop that hard in Taigen's lap, so to speak. Spinning away from that potentiality to setup a possible future romance with her childhood bully? uh
Netflix cancelled Warrior Nun in its second, acclaimed hit season, after it made its protagonist openly queer.
Not saying Samurai got the memo, but I wouldn't count on it courting a queer audience with an openly queer character or relationship (do I dare them? Yeah).
Will TOG2 or D&D2 follow a similar memo? Will Nimona, should it get a return? Not holding a breath, but it would be nice if they threw that memo away. Ripped it to shreds. Burn in the Black Cauldron. Something.
Because each of these stories are all brilliantly queer at their heart (whether intentional or not, mostly intentional), and we've been written out of pretty much everything, which only makes it easier to spread lies and hate in the real world. Care about us? Include us. No coding. No metaphors.
Motherland, Warrior Nun, Nimona (even The Old Guard) made it a priority. The rest could, too. Here's hoping they all return gayer than ever.
like Bob always said
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I am actually serious about this. Does anyone want to start a streaming platform where we pick up cancelled shows that have a strong fan base ? I don’t even know where to start with this idea but I am willing to put in the effort.
I am so sick and tired of watching good, deserving shows get tossed aside for some mediocre and quite plainly bullshit shows and I am sick and tired of waiting for and hoping that some other streaming platform may pick them up.
No more. I want to take matters into my own hands and I am quite serious about this. So if anyone wants to help out with this project or have any ideas on how I should go about with this please reach out.
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Come and listen to "Redemption", music written and composed by Flora Leo (@/flomajomo on twitter), directed by Bartek Podkowa (@/bartek_podkowa on twitter) and sung by our Queen, Amalia Holm, in tribute to Raylla <3
Promise, we'll do everything we can to get her to sing the song for us during the "Witchbomb" Convention <3 I'm counting on you to share the link to the youtube video «en masse», we need to give maximum visibility to the creator of this wonderful song! ♥️
LYRICS /
I know a place, where we’ve both been before,
Meet me down by the shore,
And we’ll sit there on the sand.
Wear my coat, wear my heart on your sleeve,
I know I hurt you but please, darling,
Say that you understand.
I’ve been tryin’ to be brave,
Tryin’ to find a way through,
But the things I’ve done, they haunt me like blue balloons.
But I keep looking up,
Write your name on the sky,
And we’re holding on tight.
Tell me is this redemption,
Or just the calm before the storm ?
Am I your lighthouse in the dark,
Or just a flame that changes form?
Reach out your hand to me,
I won’t let you fall,
Do you trust me that this time I won’t walk away?
And when you look into my eyes,
Do you see that I’ve changed?
Is this redemption?
I’ve come to terms with these ‘feelings’ I’ve got,
Now more often than not,
They consume every part of me.
So let the earth shake, the skies turn to black,
I will never go back to the person I used to be.
I will try to be brave, I will find a way through,
Whatever it takes, I will fight for you.
No matter the cost,
And when the bells chime I’ll choose you every time,
Because you’re my redemption.
You are my calm after the storm.
So I’ll be your lighthouse in the dark,
And I’ll be the flame that keeps you warm.
I will stand next to you, in the battle to come,
And together I know we can hold back the tide.
And after all is said and done,
I’ll still be here at your side.
‘Cause you’re my redemption.
I’ve been tryin’ to be brave,
Tryin’ to find a way through,
But the things I’ve done, they haunt me like blue balloons.
You’re my redemption.
I’ve been tryin’ to be brave,
Tryin’ to find a way through,
But the things I’ve done, they haunt me like blue balloons.
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I'm finally watching Motherland: Fort Salem and I expected to love Raylla (and I do) but I did not expect The Unit to have me in an absolute chokehold.
Found family?? Platonic forehead kisses???? Literal you jump I jump???
Not to mention Raelle and Abigail casually sharing a bed in the infirmary even though there were so many open beds just to be close to Tally and Abigail curled up on her side so there was room for Rae. Honestly would have thought Abigail would have pushed Raelle onto the floor after three minutes.
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