let's just take a moment to reflect on not me.
the show was going to be popular no matter what, because it had offgun in it. BUT it took what could have been just another BL show and it MADE A DIFFERENCE.
• it featured an openly trans character, not as a joke but just as a person.
• it seriously tackled topics like disability and lgbtq+ inequality, corruption, capitalism, politics.
• it featured actual activists that are constantly trying to make a change.
and so much more. And none of this would have been possible without the brilliant mind of P'Nuchy. So thank you to P'Nuchy for truly gracing us with a masterpiece.
No show is perfect, and we can't love everyone. But the ACTING™ was amazing. The ACTING™ was what made the audience invested.
Nuch, Namo, Eugene may have not been main characters, but the show was wouldn't have survived without them. They gave us powerful women, and loyal friends. They showed us that they didn't need a man to give them substance, they themselves were substance.
Gumpa, Gram, Dan, Yok and Todd. Despite my *feelings* towards Gram, he was loyal. He stood by his friends and the people he cared about (for the most part), and he believed in his cause. Dan was the character that needed to exist. The character that had everything going for him but had to give it away to protect his loved ones. Gumpa, this man actually deserves an award for dealing with these absolute idiots. The advisor that we all need in our life. Yok, MY BABY YOK, the loose-canon that is actually everyone's baby. First SLAYED as Yok. He made Yok the greatest, sluttiest, artist out there and when he cried, we all cried with him. Really though, no one could've have done thia the way First did. AND THEN TODD. THIS ABSOLUTE MOTHER. He was best kind of villain, the villain that you just kinda have a crush on.
And finally...our dear OffGun. I've talked a lot about Gun so let's just talk about Off for a second. I feel like Off doesn't always get the beat roles, so I feel like we haven't really seen the extent of his acting ability...but he did and AMAZING job as Sean. He really got the chance to shine in a character that had a lot of meat and bones and I am so proud to say he was so good!
And then there is Gun who is literally amazing and we love him and HE IS AN ACTOR™. He truly convinced me that two different people were playing the twins. He was so different for both characters and that was AMAZING. He is AMAZING.
Overall thoughts: fav character was Yok, fav scene was Todd and Black's scene in episode 13, biggest plot twist was grameugene because what the hell, and the highlight of the series was seanwhite under the Pride flag.