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Emile-Allain Séguy (French, 1877--1951)

the amount of people i have seen not get that the characters in overcompensating aren't meant to be likeable is kind of insane. they literally spell it out for you in the last ep. they are deeply, deeply flawed. they are fuck-ups. they are aware AND the writing itself is aware. saw some comments on a tiktok be like 'crazy how hailee is the only good friend in the whole show' and uh... no? no it's not crazy? no, it's the whole point? if we set aside how camp the show is, and how reminiscent of and a clear tribute to the 2010s it is, and how over the top and intentionally cringeworthy it gets—if we set aside all of that and really look at the characters for a sec, it's astounding how real they feel. and real people are, oftentimes, unlikeable. especially while still growing (although one could argue we never stop doing it) and dealing with loss, grief, mental illness, sexuality, societal pressure. you don't have to like a character to understand why they act the way they do. overcompensating isn't here to force-feed you something until you like the taste of it, it's just telling things how they are. these people are kinda shitty to each other, yeah, the show never tried to gloss over it—in fact, that's the plot. it's okay if you'd rather watch stuff that talks about mostly good, undoubtedly well-meaning, self-help book sounding people. that's fine. just stop expecting this show to be what you wish it could be, or what you thought it would be, and take it for what it so clearly is

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