Hi so I just wanna say I wanted to write a whole thing about it but honestly I’m just gonna say this.
Tuca and Bertie is great.
Despite them being cartoon birds that go on pretty wacky adventures, they are relatable and realistic in many ways and show both strength and the ability to grow from previous hurt and traumatic events which are both presented as extremely possible even if they are difficult and take time and support.
It hit my feels and whacked me straight in the back of the head, not just because of the events within the show but also because one of the characters is almost exactly me, right down to my past events and the way I react to different things. This character, even if she is just a cartoon bird, makes me feel so much less alone and I hope other people can feel that way about this series, no matter what you’ve been through.
Now off the personal shizz
Tuca and Bertie’s LGBTQ+ representation is actually pretty great. Nobody makes a face, nobody is surprised, there is no big deal about it! Like, there is no big reveal when Coach Meredith has a wife now after her husband passed away, there’s just such a fluidity to the whole thing that is just not even considered which I find wonderful. In a lot of media, I find that bisexuals or homosexuals have this little bit of editing that makes them noticeable like different music or a character reacting and there’s just none of it, even if it were a small detail. I don’t know what it is but it’s always made into a big deal. No big reveal nothing, it’s normal. Coach Meredith is normal, super normal. (Her wife makes eggs tho, which is a little more odd but just watch and find out since that’s what birds do) That is what I want the world to be like. I wanna live in Birdcity.
Sexuality is treated almost like the fluid thing that it is, nobody is labelled as straight, bi, gay, pan and I like that.
Also, just saying the art style, animation, the way the series looks and sounds? I LOVE IT its imaginative, creative, wonderfully executed and everything is expressed well and with clarity. Everything about the animation? Love.
This is just my personal opinion and sucky writing so if something sounds off please help sobs I’m just in love with this series because it makes me feel okay to be me, which is sort of the first time in a long time where I’ve felt okay to be me. Sounds a bit dramatic but I hope others understand.
