so much of the horror genre is informed by the metaphor of queer/transness as monstrousness. especially emphasizing the amount of horror that depends on the audience's repulsion at seeing a human body changing into a new, other body. I Saw the TV Glow is about the horror of NOT transitioning. the horror of static. the horror of looking into yourself and being terrified of what you see. the horror of seeing who you are and choosing to do nothing about it. the horror of looking away. and by god is it terrifying.
i think that's what i saw the tv glow did honestly.
that moment when you're watching it as a trans person, and every cell in your body is begging her to not stop, to not run away, please please please. you need to see it more than you've needed anything. and then she does. she sees everything inside herself in a bathroom all alone where we've all been, and she closes it all up, her emaciated and sickly body barely holding her up, and she walks back into an arcade room apologizing for her outburst to a building full of people who refuse to see or hear her.
and then you realize, while your chest feels like it might just cave in under the pressure, that this film refused to afford you the relief of seeing someone else do what you must, to give you that false and fleeting pressure eased. no. if you want this film to have a good ending, you have to make it yourself. you have to do what she could not, because otherwise, well. you just saw your future.
I had the incredible privilege to design this year’s Pride Shirt from Critical Role! It features our beloved Blue Boi Dorian Storm on his steed Coriolis. I snuck in a little favour of his lover, tied to his arm, and some sneaky Latin: “Amore fiunt homines” is Latin for “It’s love that makes people.”
You can find it in all the CR shops! I’ll be offering prints, too.
https://shop.critrole.com/collections/new-products/products/how-do-you-want-to-slay-this-t-shirt
when i was a kid i decided that killing people was bad therefore war was bad therefore the military was evil. and adults would tell me it's more nuanced than that and i would understand when i grew up. well i'm a grown up now and idk i still think that killing people is bad and war is bad and the military is evil
Podcast S3: Ep6 Why All Artists Should Watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend /ポッドキャスト S3: Ep6 全てのアーティストが「Crazy Ex-Girlfriend」を観るべき理由
* The thumbnail for this episode is my fanart.
Hello, this is Nisreen!
Welcome to the sixth episode of season three of my podcast — it’s lovely to be speaking with you again.
Today, I’d like to talk about one of the most underrated dramas in TV history: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! This American musical TV series was created by Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna, and it aired from 2015 to 2019. Bloom herself plays the lead role.
The show has a playful, comical tone and is packed with original musical numbers. I have to say, this seemingly light-hearted romcom is a must-watch — especially for artists. And by “artists,” I mean anyone who expresses themselves through creative work: drawing, singing, dancing, writing, or any other form of art.
In this episode, I’ll break down the reasons why I think so into five key points. I’ll avoid spoilers until the final section — and don’t worry, I’ll give you a warning before we get there! I also share my process of drawing the thumbnail art for this episode in the YouTube video.
The podcast is available on Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. All related resources are also linked on my blog below.
I’m getting like Pink Diamond levels of foreshadowing with the Blue and Red button choice like, they put that Blue and Red shit in the other episodes and we thought nothing of it
You know something interesting? In the last few episodes, we’ve seen how quickly Caine can be summoned with just a single shout of his name.
But in the Pilot episode, no matter how many times Pomni called for him, he was nowhere to be found. Why?
And then you have the ending of the last episode — Kinger brings up Scratch, the first abstraction. And Caine panics. We don’t know why he does, but we know there’s some secrets there.
Which brings me back to the Pilot. It’s starting to seem like he was intentionally avoiding responsibility with Kaufmo, rather than just being distracted. And when he is told about Kaufmo abstracting, his reaction is, well … a joke to deflect.
He’s for sure involved in the abstractions in some way.
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