I meant to post this a little while ago, but some of my work got put in an art show which is really cool to me. I’ve only been in an art show once before, so it’s neat that I could get my work out there!
"Baby...We can’t both exist. I’m going to become half of you and I need you to know that every moment you love being yourself that’s me loving you and loving being you because you’re going to be something extraordinary…. you’re going to be a human being."
Generation Loss is a comedic tragedy in every sense of the word. Every character we see exemplifies this fact, but no one other than The Austin Show proves its truth.
We begin at the carousel. Austin, Gay, takes his turn by pleading for himself to live because he has a wife and children back home. The rest of the cast interrogates him about his “wife and kids,” clearly suspicious of his truthfulness without even knowing his dubbed “title.” Everyone in the room treats Austin like a joke.
In turn, so do we.
Next, we reach the closet and shortly after the failed drag show, Austin remarks, “Look, I uh… I didn’t expect to die here.” It’s a moment of pure honesty, whether we like it or not. It happens again when the Puzzler tries to party with them, and Austin has to angrily remind him that they are his captives and are actively trying to kill them.
Austin: “What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? We're trying to get out of here. I have children and wives— wife. One wife! What is this some sort of game? I’ve been stuck in hear for hours it seems. We’re trying to get out. Why is nobody else freaking out? We’ve got C4 strapped to our neck…”
It isn’t until Ethan’s death, his blood pooling out from underneath the door, Austin screaming at the others, begging them to have a reaction, to care about their circumstances, to care about death, that we finally understand Austin’s role in Generation Loss.
After all, in every great comedy, someone always has to play the straight man.
i will most definitely get around to answering asks tomorrow (i'm so deeply sorry for the delay), but for today, i have something for the genloss au from a while ago.
so basically, gl!ranboo is technically alive, but their head is still in the box. and they can see just fine. i don't know how any of this works, so neither does anyone else. especially gl!charlie.
(tap on images for better viewing experience maybe)