[glesbianupland]

also d.e.b.s

[cuddlypoodle]

First Kill knows exactly what it is and who its for. Its doesn't waste a minute trying to please anyone outside of its intended audience. It plays the classics but its not afraid to shake things up and tell the story it wants to tell. And I really admire that. I would rather watch something made with a budget of thumbtacks and paperclips that has the courage to be itself than a million dollar block buster with no heart. That's my favorite thing about it.

[slipknut]

you all better watch

[calliettes-posts]

The people have spoken

This shouldn't be so funny to me

[shades-of-lucidity-deactivated2]

I don’t understand how a show like heartstopper and a movie like CMBYR collect so much praise. Then a movie like Crush and a show like First Kill comes along and they’re treated like they’re not good enough? People don’t make sense.

[real-merula-snyde]

It’s just predictable misogyny.

[oneshortdamnfuse]

I swear so many critics of queer media are full of brain rot, because they’ll watch a new queer series and invent an alternate universe where we have a rich body of queer media from which to judge tropes in these series as “tired” or “overdone” or “cheesy.” We don’t “earn” good queer media by constantly belittling new works for not being a tortured artistic exploration of queerness in an unforgiving society. Queer media is allowed to have tropes that are relatable, and tropes aren’t inherently bad. Queer media is allowed to expand to different genres. Queer media is allowed to be idealistic and cheesy, and it is especially allowed to be campy. If it doesn’t directly and actively harm queer people by reinforcing negative stereotypes and promoting violence towards us then it’s not “overdone.” You just don’t like it. 🙄

[thundergrace]

Imagine typing out like a damn six-page dissertation on why you don't like First Kill, the most unserious show ever made simply to put a smile a young queer girls' faces. Imagine being that in your feelings about this show as a grown woman. IMAGINE!!!

Edit: oh my God, guys I was being hyperbolic. No one wrote a six-page dissertation on First Kill. Just very long posts and threads (and a couple of articles).

[quercus-queer]

Talking more about First Kill and how the queerness is well written but the rest is “not” thus purposefully fulfilling the shitty teen tv drama niche but for gay ppl:

Lesbian main characters are BOTH main characters they get equal time devoted to their history, motivations, feelings, and family dynamics throughout the story

Calliope, Juliette, and Ben are already fully comfortable in their sexualities and their families are fully accepting and don’t ever question it or say anything even mildly homophobic, even the shitty relatives

Calliope: She is a black, darkskin lesbian that is not treated as a love interest but as a main character in love. She’s ADORED by her girlfriend. She’s framed to be gorgeous, intelligent, sensitive and kind by the narrative. She is also treated as the child she is by her family!

The Burns: healthy, loving family, the kid from a previous relationship is still THEIR kid and brother, no one dies, they are NEVER villainized, they communicate with eachother, their love and devotion to eachother is apparent, they are actually all fleshed out characters with distinct personalities and motivations

Juliette: she feels like an outcast and sort of is one, but that’s due to her own internal conflict and social awkwardness not any external conflict with peers who are kind to her!

Ben: he’s a star athlete/jock, but still emotionally available and kind, a stellar student, well liked, loyal, the lil communication game he has with Juliette??? Hello???

Small queer things: Cal being friends with her ex, Ben and Juliette dating and figuring themselves out and staying best friends, killing off the closest case jock that refused to meet Ben even halfway and kept disrespecting him, NONE of the characters experience homophobia, tentative respect from parents about their “monster” gfs

The lore exists and is very plot relevant. And its also interesting and poetic?

Basically, this show lacks horrible stereotypes and is therefore a lesbian teen drama made for the genuine campy fun of it!

[hoss-bonaventure]

people are upset about how fast cal and juliette’s relationship progressed, and I don’t completely disagree but you need to realize that these are lesbians.  the u-haul joke didn’t stem from nowhere. truly the most realistic element of that entire show is these two teenage gays being like “let’s just run away” after knowing each other for like 4 days. 

[sapphicadhder]

Ok but can we talk about how First Kill wasnt even given an official netflix insta page and the author had to create one herself? And let's pair that up with this too

[paverics]

first kill had double the number of viewers than heartstopper did in its first week despite little to zero promotion so if it doesn’t get a s2 just know that it wasn’t because “nobody watched it”

[blacknekolucky]

[rhfffas]

The immortal baby vampire hiding behind her big bad monster hunter gf 🤣🥺🥰

So love it 🥹👉👈❤️

[flowers-poetry-poc]

Say what you want about first kill, but the fact that we have a Black Lesbian in the mainstream is big. And this one’s particularly important because she is co-main character. She has a close knit black family that doesn’t care she is gay and who are pretty well written. Yeah this show isn’t perfect. But for a 15 year old black girl who is used to girls who look like her be the comic relief, the side character, the one that dies or only used to seeing white lesbians or light skinned lesbians, this is great. Let her enjoy it. Because I know that I would have.

[macaulaytwins]

[forgetmcnotts]

I like you, Talia. I can tell we’re gonna be friends.

[missmonsters2]

Calliope: look at her. Being fake gentle and kind. You won't trick me, you absolute garbage of a monster. I bet she's thinking about killing me right now.

Juliette: im gay im gay im gay im gay im gay im gay im gay im gay. oh God oh God send help. Wanna kiss 🥺