Pluribus Side Blog

Meta Aanalysis and reblogs because this show has consumed my soul @prosepathologized @queerfandomtrifecta @rickenhalesbookclubforinnies

[annabelle--cane]

carol: in toxic yuritopia. georgia o'keeffe painting in her house. in the cuddle pile. seven billion people screaming and cheering for her new wip. thinking hard about pronouns. saving the world via the most dubiously consensual sex ever conceived. waking up from said dubiously consensual sex (likely precisely calculated to be the scientifically best sex possible) and entering a writing mania in which she decides to take her formerly male romantic lead and make her a trans lesbian. thinking about her dead wife to keep her spirit strong in these trying times.

manousos: ass out. wounds weeping. in medical debt.

[guillaume-en-egypte]

Pluribus - "HDP" (1x06, 2025) Pluribus - Grenade (1x03, 2025) David Byrne - "Uh-Oh" (Detail of cover art, 1992)

[blueings]

pluribus episode five generously affirming what millions of anxiety disorder sufferers have always known to be true: yes, everyone on earth IS mad at you

[paddingtonfan69]

kind of obsessed that in the show that made vince gilligan a Name, he had to deal with particularly rancid misogynists complaining about the “annoying” blonde woman who is simply trying to survive

and now that he has a blank check, he’s like hmmm i’m gonna make a show about the “annoying” blonde woman who is simply trying to survive but she’s also GAY and BITTER and MEAN and other things women aren’t allowed to be. and guess what, the vessel who antagonizes her is also a WOMAN so there are no men for these misogynistic fans to latch onto!!!! feels good to WIN the prestige tv wars

[lesbianmarrow]

"fuckable" being the word carol uses to describe zosia is so funny and perfect. because there really is no other word to use. carol can't be attracted to zosia the way she would be attracted to a human being, because zosia is not a human being. she is no longer human, and she is not a singular being. she's part of the hivemind. carol may feel attraction to surface qualities of zosia--the way she speaks, her body language and movements, her pretty face--but underneath these surface qualities is not a person but a collective consciousness.

furthermore, zosia can't be won over. she can't be seduced. because that would imply that she had the ability to say no, and she doesn't. zosia's biological imperative requires her to ingratiate herself to carol and to have infinite love and patience for her. if carol wants to sleep with her, then she wants that too. she doesn't have a choice in the matter; it's how she's wired.

carol can't voice her sexual interest in zosia by using words that recognize her personhood, because zosia is not a person. she can only articulate this interest through the use of an extremely coarse, objectifying word. "fuckable" alludes to not only zosia's surface-level attractiveness, but also her very apparent sexual availability to carol. and carol is of course very disconcerted by both these things.

[dr0wningmachine]

I've seen a lot of talk of Zosia being characterized as an individual when it comes to fanworks/discussions/shipping. but I'd argue that like, the main appeal of Carol and Zosia's relationship to me is that Zosia is basically an eldritch horror wearing human skin and Carol is fully aware of it. Zosia is the lure of an angler fish but also Carol's only current option for a companion.

[fencecollapsed]

what is UP fellow survivors, it's your girl Carol Sturka, back with another hivemind research update. I'm not sure if the algorithm is suppressing me cuz I'm all alone out here and the hivemind won't talk to me, so to be sure you're seeing my content, don't forget to smash the subscribe button and ring that bell if you like being an individual and having opinions. now let's just jump into it. so about all this fucking milk-

[jennyandthebetsxo-blog]

The energy I bring whenever I talk about Pluribus

[no1miserablelesbian]

Obsessed with the plans for Wycaro 5. Killer sand flea men. Shakespearean references. The author’s obvious loathing for a character she didn’t feel free to shape as an authentic reflection of herself. Put me down for two pre-orders.

[hansoeii]

Are you guys watching Pluribus? Because I need you guys to watch Pluribus. I'm begging on my hands and knees. Not only is this show by the creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and an amazingly written post-apocalyptic psychological thriller, but it also has THE juiciest toxic, middle-aged yuri (canon!!!! real!!!) I have ever seen. I haven't been this hooked on a show in a while. Seriously, watch Pluribus. PLEASE.

[kendrysaneela]

This is the real mayor of Albuquerque

[hypnoticreport]

rhea seehorn playing a grieving middle aged lesbian in the apocalypse vince gilligan is making tv shows exclusively for me now or so it would seem

[warningsine]

[warningsine]

PLUR1BUS 1.01 & 1.03

[birdplushie]

it's funny to me that in the original idea for pluribus vince gilligan intended for it to have a male protagonist but then he was like i really wanna work with rhea seehorn again so he made it about a lesbian instead. more writers should be doing this if you're considering writing a man stop what you're doing and make him a woman immediately

[carltonlassie]

tags from @bobakick

[purpldology]

OH SHES DOWN BADDD

[princessw0lf]

Already obsessed with Vince Gilligan's new gay-ass show