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My School President Episode 1: Chinzhilla Rocks!

I was not planning on watching this show. I was completely uninterested when the pilot trailer aired last year. But then the official trailer had the Love Sick DNA all over it, and as a devotee of Pun and Noh, I was duty bound to check this out.

Dear reader, I love it. As pilot episodes go, this one was absolutely top of my list. It's somehow dethroned the Bad Buddy pilot and the I Told Sunset About You pilot, and it takes a whole lot to do that. This show's got slackers, it's got a ragtag band of misfits, it's got hijinks, it's got pining, it's got charm, it's got heart, it's got singing I don't hate...it's light and fun and enjoyable and it makes me ready to dive into this story.

Gun, the fearless lead singer

I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger Defying the laws of gravity I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva I'm gonna go, go, go, there's no stopping me

Queen | Don't Stop Me Now (1978)

This dude cannot back down from a challenge! Gun loves music, yeah, but he also obviously hates to lose. This kid's ready to do whatever it takes to win Hot Wave, and I have a sneaking suspicion that may come from a deeper place than 'must restore our reputation'. This show's clearly meant to be light and fun, but that doesn't mean it won't break my heart at some point, and I am absolutely ready for that to happen.

Tinn, the secret groupie

There goes my baby She knows how to rock and roll She drives me crazy She gives me hot and cold fever She leaves me in a cool, cool sweat

Queen | Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979)

I am constitutionally obligated to love a piner. It's the law, I don't have a choice. And Tinn is SO smitten, with the staring and the doodles and the secret smiles and the behind the scenes machinations. He's got a big crush, but it's also realistic; Tinn's under no illusions as to Gun's flaws, key among them his stubbornness. Watching Tinn read Gun like a book and then proceed to help him out by leaning into that stubbornness when it helps move things forward...how am I supposed to NOT fall in love with that?

Chinzhilla, the single-braincelled organism known as the band

We are the champions, my friends And we'll keep on fighting till the end We are the champions We are the champions No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions of the world

Queen | We Are The Champions (1977)

Gosh what a loverly bunch of coconuts. A chaotic friend group of good-hearted dumbasses will always make me uncontrollably fond, and these idiots have my fondness levels on 1000. They haven't a clue, but they're teenagers and that's absolutely allowed. They'll figure it out someday, in the meantime they have each other.

Ad Libs

We don't really spend any time with Tinn alone this ep, and I am already DESPERATE to see his side of this story. How the hell did he even end up with such a monster crush on this total slacker? At what point did he realise that he was going to have to continuously save Gun from himself?

Fourth and Gemini are absolutely charming (the busking in the park scene is probably the clearest example of their charms), and the physical acting choices are on point. I love a good Odd Couple dynamic.

The theme song is a catchy-ass little bop.

Gun's mom is so fun I love her.

Prom (Pat) is a little gem and I am watching him closely. Kid might be going places.

Nice to see Au making the leap from AD to director, he seems to be a steady pair of hands so far. He's been sitting at Aof's right hand for a while, so let's see what he's learned.

#my school president #chinzhilla rocks!#Spotify #bl meta series

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