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nicojoe · 2 years

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Everyone has their Wish List for TOG2...

But what is your Worst Fear List?

I’ll go first:

- Netflix decides they can’t risk Too Much Gay; Andy and Quynh are never explicitly made canon

- in that same vein re: muting queerness, Netflix decides to shift focus away from Joe and Nicky’s romance, either by separating them, making them argue (in a contrived way - ie: over Booker - and not a nuanced/authentic way), or moving the spotlight someplace “safer”. We get surface-level, disneyesque rep.

- we find out what causes immortality, and it’s something that can be scientifically explained and/or replicated w normal humans OR we find out that immortals can have their immortality forcibly taken away and/or have other super powers (this is NOT the mcu good lord).

- there are many more immortals: not in an interesting way (ie: self-contained clusters that only dream of each other), but rather in a way that reduces the importance of the Original Six and cheapens the narrative impact of immortality itself. the dreaming mythology becomes a muddled mess that has no internal logic and conveniently serves to advance the plot.

- Quynh gets a shallow/reductive arc and takes 2nd stage to Uma’s character (no offense Uma, but this should be Quynh - and Nile’s - time to shine). Even worse, Quynh is somehow nerfed/made less powerful.

- in that same vein: all POC characters recede into the background while Andy and Uma’s character are the main focus. Nile’s complex journey into immortality (ie: having to leave her family) isn’t explored; instead, she’s (lazily) written as superficially powerful/perfect without any nuance or deeper exploration into her inner life.

- any kind of multitude of ways it could fall into Orientalist and/or anti-Asian tropes (not just re: Quynh, but if part of the film takes place in East Asia, as rumored; this could also come into play with Golding’s character.)

- Netflix decides their algorithm demands more movies like RED NOTICE and GRAY MAN; mindless action overshadows intimate, emotional moments and the inclusion of flashbacks (which would establish these characters’ sheer age and long-standing dynamics with each other – an element that would be particularly relevant given Andy, Joe, and Nicky’s LONG past together with Quynh) is either minimized or excluded entirely.

- the characters speak mostly in English, and we don’t get the multi-cultural, multi-language feel of the original film.

- wrt the speculation above about taking immortality away: if ANY of the original fam are forcibly made mortal and subsequently die (i know we’re all expecting it to be Andy, but subverting this foregone conclusion would be the laziest shock-value writing choice; i want the Original Six to GROW as a family. please.)

#this is a shitpost #but also me getting all this out of my system and jinxing these possibilities #aka the opposite of ''speaking into existence''#please and thank you #feel free to add anything i forgot lmao #personal #i am NOT tagging this #will probably delete later #especially if y'all start throwing tomatoes at me lmaooo #i have total faith in Vic as a director and Gina as a producer #Greg's worst impulses can be mitigated by them a little i think #it's NETFLIX who i don't trust and this post is aimed DIRECTLY AT THEM lol #soulless corporation run by egotistical white dudes

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