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goldturtleneck

Not sure I've ever felt disappointed after being given the ending I wanted but here I am.

11ushio

Just finished binge watching it. It’s a frustrating happy ending.

violetren

I just dumped this in someone's tags but for me, what is unironically one of my fav things about the show and what I think makes the kids convincing well rounded characters is that they are judgemental egotistical little assholes.

There is not an adult they meet that they do not belittle or dismiss the problems of because THEY are going through it.

And they aren't even safe from each other! If they can't throw the fact that They Are Twelve And Need To Get Home in someone's face then shit gets personal, "I have people who rely on me" "I die" "I actually have a future to lose" and so on and so forth.

Developmentally, these gremlins are relatively new to the whole being able to conceptualise that other people have rich inner lives that are just as complex and potentially fucked up as my own thing. Like this is newish knowledge that they'd still be grappling with and occasionally fucking up under normal circumstances nevermind the shit they're going through now.

For me it's not the lighter moments of the kids doing kid shit, having a sleepover talk, or being confused and horrified by tampons, or dressing up in adult clothes a goofing for a little minute that makes them feel like kids. Sure those things do help, but they feel like they are in part just as much about trying to invoke some kind of nostalgia in adult viewers as communicating child-ness.

It's the fact that these kids are responding in the same way we meme about babies-- they are experiencing the worst thing they have ever experienced with no context for how to deal with it and are prepared to make that everyone's problem. It's genuinely fantastic. More kids in media should be allowed to be unapologetically selfish assholes.

novelconcepts

Paper girls was one of the most honest genuine portrayals of being a 12 year old girl I've ever seen. Even apart for them fact all this shit is happening around them they are still 12 year olds with 12 year old problems.

The period scene in particular was one of the best, truest scenes I've ever seen. It was beautiful, funny, awkward. It was perfect.

It is so fucking authentic. Everyone rightly leans on how powerful the performances are, but you also get such a range in the writing. The period scene, the sleepover scene, the gentle bickering, the in-your-face meltdowns, the gremlin run up the stairs--it's all so perfectly tuned to what kids are like. And it never talks down to them; the rare time an adult tries to imply a situation is over their heads, they're instantly shot down. Because kids around that age are smart. They're learning who they are, how the world works, what their individual moral compass looks like, and it means they don't get things right every time, but they're capable. They can in one moment be reassuring and kind, and the next snappish and closed-off. This show allows room for that without ever feeling like a deviation from character, which is...frankly really impressive.

It always strikes me--in the best way possible--that these girls are all allowed to be mean. They're allowed to be catty, to be vulgar, to say the wrong thing with good intentions (Tiff pointing out KJ's missed her puppy's whole life), or the barbed thing because they're just being a dick (Mac's "you don't have to talk all the time" followed by KJ snickering). They aren't forced into stereotypical boxes, true, but they also aren't forced to be Sweet and Pretty and Kind. They can be those things, sure; when Erin's falling apart, everyone's there to catch her, and when Tiff's walkies are stolen, Mac's got her back, and when Mac is facing mortality, KJ won't let her do it alone or give up on herself. But they're also not always gentle with one another. A lot of the time, they butt heads. Sometimes they punch each other in the face. Sometimes they have to apologize and mean it for the friendship to continue, and it strengthens their bond every time. Sometimes they're stupidly reckless, lobbing the single brain cell from one girl to the next: Tiff running after the backpack, Mac going off on her own in the middle of the night, KJ stealing the motorbike, Erin getting drunk at a party. And sometimes they're so level-headed in the face of panic. They are all allowed to be incredibly nuanced, so full of life and hope and fear and anger. They're never dumbed down, even when they act like dipshits. I cannot remember the last show that not only took into account what historical periods were actually like, but what young girls are actually like to this degree. I will be gutted if we don't get a pickup, because, Jesus, imagine the growth in coming seasons.

milkteahoe

Every show that gets cancelled on a cliffhanger should legally get at least a 90 minute movie to wrap it up

autistic-lesbian-story-lover-de

Papergirls is one of my new favorite shows. I really love how it handles themes of growing up and I loved the conversations that the younger characters had with their older counterparts. This show brought a lot of yearning and negative feelings out of me.

Like when Erin told Older Erin that how she turned out was the worst thing ever, Older Tiffany telling her younger self how she was told certain things at a younger age and how her definition of happiness and success changed.

In addition, Mac's cynicism also rung through with me. I especially liked when she went on about how the good old days weren't that good. Nostalgia is a thing because we often tend to romanticise things which have already happened.

I liked KJ talking about how it seems that her older stuff is figuring stuff out and her optimism from that.

All this really resonates with me.

This show is excellent and I hope that it finds a new home.

spiderliliez

KARINA “KJ” J. BRANDMAN

SHE ALWAYS TAKES CARE OF EVERYONE. ❤ Reliable, attentive, and compassionate. This girl has a great deal of empathy for others. Possible MBTI personality: INFP or INFJ

Fina Strazza (as KJ Brandman) Adapted from the comic series of the same name. From Amazon Prime’s PAPER GIRLS (2022) [+] LGBTQ 💜 [+] ..more on ‘KAJEMAC’ 💖 [+] ..more GIFs on ‘PAPER GIRLS’ 📰

11ushio

Beautiful 💕

nerd-at-sea5

wait i’m in the middle of ep5 and i love how they portray the difference in kj and mac’s temper. and i might be reading to into this but this is what it seems like-

mac’s is always there, bubbling under the surface. she uses it with a familiar sense, a weapon. a shield thrown up to defend herself against anything, even when she doesn’t need to. mac’s anger is lost when she could (arguably) need it the most, (kj punching her) insted of punching back out of anger, her anger fades away, faking it. mac can control her anger, but her words still intend to hurt-it’s the only way that she knows will never fail to protect herself.

where kj’s is under the surface, building but never escaping until she can’t hold it anymore. it’s a blast of rage and emotion that she uses when she needs but she doesn’t understand how to. kj’s anger is explosive and somewhat frightening to even herself, it takes place of other emotions to protect her, but she dosen’t know how to use it at all, she can’t control it, and sometimes (punching mac, killing the brother) it hurts people without her meaning to.

they both have trouble controlling it-but it’s two sides of the same coin. they both care so much about their friends, would do whatever they could to help them, but they also both have anger issues. and that’s ok! another example of characters who have struggles with their temper but who also aren’t shown as evil, heartless or mean (yes mac is rude but it’s a defense thing)

11ushio

I agree.

The end.