will always be obsessed with how ray is written in the first episode of tpn because he's just so. detached from the idyllic, happy narrative the other kids are living in. he's reserved and quiet, curling up under a tree with a book while everyone else laughs and plays around him. he rarely speaks, and he almost never does it without being directly addressed first. he's the only one who seems to question isabella's authority in any way ('she says that, but it's not even true.') the absolutely loaded interaction between him and emma at the fence, 'mh-hm. you really love mom, don't you.' 'well of course i do! everyone does!'. the way all the kids talk about their big dreams for when they leave gracefield while ray simply says he'd have to 'learn to survive first'. the quiet ‘happy, huh?’ when emma talks about how good their lives there are. the way the camera shifts between everyone's smiling faces while conny talks about her dreams for the future before getting to ray, who just looks hurt. he’s a direct contrast to all the other children who love their lives and one of the biggest indicators that there's something going on with gracefield underneath the surface. something is wrong, and this kid knows it. i just love it so so much
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ok. Ok. So I really like the Wednesday show, despite having quite a few criticisms for it
specifically really only two big ones that are
a. I think the anti-colonialism feels sanitized, especially compared to Addams Family Values. It wasn’t bad and there were a few lines that got my native dad laughing hysterically so clearly something is working, but I think mixing in the othereds with the message was a bad idea. Please don’t make fantasy creatures into an allegory for native people, especially when Wednesday is already indigenous like it wasn’t necessary! These two themes can be separate! Also I think the werewolf conversation therapy line was weird. Bad line, didn’t really ruin the episode or scene imo but did make me cringe.
b. I think some of the characterization and writing is very off, especially with Gomez and Morticia. Not as off as people are making it seem, for the most part it’s fine, but there Areee some scenes where I’m like. they would not fuckimg say that. (Ex. Morticia being upset over killing the stalker?? NOT MEANING TO KILL HIM???? Ur joking like she would’ve gutted that fucker ages ago and never been caught…) Just some stuff where I’m like well no but actually you see they would love to be convinced of murder. Wednesday for the most part is pretty accurate and is a treat to watch though :)
HOWVERR. aha. Um. The amount of people complaining about specifically Gomez is gross. I have seen multiple people unironically say “oh bring back the old Gomez this one looks like a construction worker” ….. oh yeah.? Yeah what about him. Specifically. Is it that he’s fat and stout (you know, like he was always supposed to be?) or is it maybe that he’s a darker skinned brown man. Is it both? Either way it’s a shitty bigoted thing to say.
So many of the complaints about the show I’ve seen are baseless, or indicate that you haven’t watched the show and just read other people posting about it. it’s definitely got it’s flaws, I mean I just detailed them above, but damn it sorta just seems like you guys are flocking to hate anything that’s popular??
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BJ menacing Hawkeye for absolutely no reason in Bottoms Up I can understand but why does everyone act like Hawkeye killed their mother. since when are they all Charles Emerson Winchester III stans. BJ being a bastard is perfectly in character but why is everyone else acting Like That
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I’ve binged all of Earthspark in a single night and I think I have another new favorite show
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