hello i would like to talk about why the way Camrus and the Batwoman team filmed this kiss/sex scene was fucking important
Check out this wildmoore kiss right here (gif by @bat-ryan). Looks hot, right? Look at that lighting, the lingering camera, their clear faces. It's a great kiss, part of a great scene.
But I think we can only see how truly amazing it is when we put it in context. Most [f/f or wlw or sapphic or whatever we call them] kisses on TV are absolute shit—either hair in the face or terrible lighting or bad editing or strange camera angles or sometimes, for funsies, all of that at once!
Take this trip down memory lane, for example:
Root x Shaw: Hair. Hair. Hair in every shot, from every angle. This had to feed us for literal months and kind of turned out to be the best we got AND WE CANNOT SEE ROOT'S FACE AT ALL.
Root x Shaw: I mean what even is this? Soft and loving and wonderful but there are like 45 things between Root's face and the camera
Alex x Maggie: Hair. Alex, I love you more than life itself but move your fucking hair.
Alex x Kelly: Terrible lighting. I don't even like this ship but damn why the fuck aren't they lighting Azie?? I mean other than the racism.
Sara x Ava: HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR
I don't even know who these people are but literally what the fuck is this
Dani x Jamie: HAIR and weird side-boob-prioritizing camera angle. The hair wouldn't be a problem if they TURNED SLIGHTLY so we could see their cute little faces.
Imagine Me and You: They're literally both pulling the hair away but the camera angle still hates us. It's like the cinematographer thought they were filming a shampoo commercial or something.
Che x Miranda: LIGHT. THEIR. FACES.
So not only have Batwoman, Wildmoore, and Camrus given us a longer, hotter, funnier, Blacker, and overall better sex scene than anyone else, they made sure to (a) move Sophie's hair out of the way in a v sexy manner, (b) frame them perfectly, (c) have Ryan turn towards the camera, (d) LIGHT THEM THE WAY BLACK WOMEN SHOULD BE LIT, (e) use their fucking lips. We can see their full faces, hot as shit.
They're not trying to hide that this is a kiss, not trying to appease homophobes. They are not prioritizing straight, homophobic, racist viewers over those who want to see this kiss. They filmed this for people who are into this ship, or could be into it, or think it's fucking hot.
They actually filmed this kiss, and this entire scene, like it's something desirable and worth watching. Like Black queer love is worth lighting, filming, showing, and revering.
I'm sure there are a million more examples of badly shot wlw kisses (and please reblob with them, they make me laugh), but this Wildmoore scene...holy shit, my dudes. Game changer.
