#KateyS

[kitsuzoro]

emily is so real for this

[demifiendrsa]

Netflix’s One Piece live-action series casts Dr. Kureha and Dr. Hiriluk for season 2:

Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha

Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk

[littlemissmoodswings]

interview with the vampire — fem edition (cause that's kinda my bread and butter)

featuring. . . .

susan sarandon as danielle molloy; ella purnell as young danielle molloy

simone ashley as the vampire armande

evan rachel wood as the vampire lestat

tessa thompson as the vampire louise

[opshizt]

Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha in One Piece Live Action S2

I'M RESPECTFULLY LOOKING AT THE VISION

[gaybonesforivy]

I just wish they would stop treating Tommy like he is a harmful substance, what do you mean "I almost had a relapse and called Tommy."?

Everything Katey said in her article sums up my feelings, she is much more civil than me.

[therealjohnstewart]

Christina Applegate and Katey Sagal

[louferrignojrofficial]

Oh god… what happened now?

about the person (sydney) who said lou should get ‘bullied more’:

and max:

[ohmy80s]

Married...With Children (1987-1997)

[kateyxsagal]

"And I fucking love you and we really took care of one another." | Apple Pie with Kim Coates

[moviesludge]

[starstruckbyacomet]

The Journalists (Part 1): Katey from But Why Tho

The Journalist who Takes No Bullshit from Other Journalists Paid Writers

(Part 2) (Part 3)

Katey Stoetzel wrote a review about episode 8x06 "Confessions":

So far, this article is my favorite 9-1-1 review. I feel like Katey was reading my mind while she was writing this piece. Things which she mentioned in it, among others:

"...the election results play into the strong reactions surrounding this breakup."

"...this explanation leans on biphobic stereotypes, such as bisexual people not knowing what they want, or needing to sleep around with a lot of people to know what they want."

"After referring to Buck exclusively by his first name, Evan, Tommy immediately distances himself from his intimate connection with Buck. And that feels pretty definitive."

"...thanks to Lou Ferrigno Jr’s performance in 9-1-1 Season 8 Episode 6, who layers so many nuances to Tommy in this scene that it would be a disgrace to not follow up on this character,..."

"...if we don’t then all the show has done is leave a gay man lost, heartbroken, and alone with seemingly no plans to resolve it."

Rarely, I found a piece of writing where almost every word was resonated with me. I could rave on and on about this review (I've told you that it was my favorite). However, it's better if you read it by yourself, if you haven't done it yet.

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Katey also interviewed Lou Ferrigno Jr. about the break up storyline.

For Tevan fans, this interview is like an oasis in the desert. First of all, it is the only interview with Lou after the break up, which is not saddled with Buddie questions 🙄. Secondly, Katey brought up Tevan fans' reaction to the discussion. Something which has been omitted by the paid writers who were pandering to toxic Buddie fans. The interview makes us feel seen. Probably, this is how we'd feel if we had a thoughtful queer story on TV, in which queer characters were not put aside, sad, alone, brokenhearted, or dead 😔.

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Initially, I thought I might be biased towards Katey, just because she also liked Tevan. Thus, I decided to read her review about episode 8x08 "Wannabes":

Oh boy, did she deliver! Every complaint about the episode which I've read on Tumblr is included in her review. And it's not just about Tevan:

"...[This episode] features a lot of Brad... is an odd choice, considering main characters like Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Chimney (Kenneth Choi) have barely gotten to do anything this first half of the season. Eddie (Ryan Guzman), too, feels underutilized...."

"Brad gets regulated to chores (why is he getting more screen time at the 118 than anyone else again?)...."

"And there’s still the Shannon of it all. The fallout from the Hitchcock-inspired soap drama of 9-1-1 Season 7 hasn’t adequately addressed Eddie’s grief."

"...this part of the episode [how the suicidal man was saved] rings really hollow for a bit centered around suicide."

"...Episode 8 doesn’t have a mid-season vibe to it... besides Eddie potentially moving, there’s nothing juicy enough to send us off on a five-month hiatus. Bobby and Athena’s house situation hasn’t been discussed since Episode 4. Hen (Aisha Hinds) and Karen (Tracie Thoms) haven’t been around since 9-1-1 Season 8 Episode 5. While they got a lot of focus during the Ortiz storyline, Hen hasn’t had much to do in recent episodes."

"...Buck’s obvious want to call Tommy feels like he has unresolved issues with how things ended (we do, too.) However, the implication in interviews that it’s over between Buck and Tommy is CONFUSING... having Buck taking no action in the wake of this breakup so far, especially heading into hiatus, is a little frustrating."

I'm not the only one who resonates with Katey's review. At this point, I'm almost certain that Katey has been lurking on Tumblr, reading our rants one by one 😂. The mention of "Hitchcock-inspired soap", "the Shannon of it all", and "why is he [Brad] getting more screen time at the 118 than anyone else again?" made me laugh. Her articles show that this woman got brain, and a sharp tongue. I'm sure Katey could match firefighter pilot Thomas Kinard in a duel of words, and probably even won over him.

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@earthquakebi also praised another body of work from Katey: a Season 8A deep dive by Jose Cordova & Katey Stoetzel on Between TV podcast:

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However, Katey's bravest and most impressive article that I've read so far is a rather old one (recommended by @nqueso-emergency). It's not a review on any episodes of the show. It is about its fandom, and the press around it. The article was published on April 25. 2024, only 21 days after Buck's bisexual revelation first aired on April 4, 2024:

In this article, Katey criticized the paid writers who had been questioning "whether or not Buddie... is on the table", although it had "no basis in what’s happening on screen." She also pointed out that what those paid writers had been doing "creates a vicious cycle of misinterpretations, baiting, toxic fandom habits, and deciding that there’s only one way to interpret something." and "ridiculous expectations and assumptions all just centered around CLICKS and ENGAGEMENT."

It is interesting that she put the blame on the paid writers for FANNING TOXIC BEHAVIORS among fandom.

Katey didn't name names, but she inserted links to several articles and one video, while pointing out the baseless fandom pandering aspects on those bodies of work. And she certainly didn't mince her words 😂.

Her article is closed by a contemplative paragraph about journalism in the entertainment world:

"There’s a duty one has when sitting down for an interview with a cast, and that’s TO INQUIRE about the show that they have worked hard to bring us. And they definitely SHOULDN'T BE USED as an opportunity TO VALIDATE A FANDOM SHIP. That road just leads to disappointment, and an unfair insistence that if anyone disagrees, then they’re wrong. That’s not what fandom should be about. And it’s certainly not what entertainment journalism is about." 

[lubdubs]

Ed O’Neill (Al Bundy), Katey Sagal (Peggy Bundy) and Bobbie Brown in “Married…With Children” (Heartbeat Edit)

[sliversundersyourskin]

[gaybonesforivy]

it would be a disgrace to not follow up on this character, because if we don’t then all the show has done is leave a gay man lost, heartbroken, and alone with seemingly no plans to resolve it.

This is the crux of the issue for me. All of Buck's other exes got better opportunities.

Abby got a husband and two step-daughters, a family of her own.

Ali got a better job.

Taylor got a book deal.

Natalia still has a job that fulfills her.

Tommy, the man who has been craving a family since the first time Buck and Tommy had an intimate conversation, he is just left alone to suffer.

And I know he broke Buck's heart, and there was biphobia there too. (I'm blaming writers more than Tommy, but even in the watsonian perspective we can't brush over it.) However, Buck is a main character. We'll see his side of the story. We know he will be okay, because he is always okay. In addition, as a main character in a procedural he has to maintain the status quo of overcoming everything.

But at least we’ll see Buck’s aftermath. For Tommy, we’re left to wonder.

The show who gave a better ending to the homophobic, racist ex-captain of the 118, and even gave a better send-off to Eddie Diaz's mustache fumbled the messages of their own story so much if they leave it like this.

Because if Buck doesn't fight for what he wanted for once, and let's the universe deliver "the one" to him like Maddie seems to want, what does that say about Mitchell's dying words to Buck?

I don't know, I don't write the show, but thinking Abby's ex being named Tommy is just too good of an opportunity to not use and ignoring the the coincidence of Buck bonding with a man who is mourning his own Thomas is definitely a choice.

(Tagging @thatmexisaurusrex who pointed out the treatment of Buck's exes.)

[nyarlathotep-thecrawlingchaos]

Honestly out of all the casting picks for OPLA season 2, I still think I'm most excited about Katey Sagal.

I grew up watching Married With Children and Futurama. She was the definition of BAMF in Sons of Anarchy (which wasn't my usual type of show, I started watching it because of her and Ron Perlman). She's just iconic in everything she does.

Also lookit her and Mihawk. MY HEART 😭❤️

Also also, this woman is SEVENTY YEARS OLD and I stfg she hasn't aged in at least thirty years?? Which is like Dr. Kureha's whole bit, being over a hundred years old and still being gorgeous af.

I cannot WAIT to see her as Kureha.

[nicecurves]