#diverse shows

[dramaticmotionblur]

to anyone who follows me or just comes across my reblogs, i’m sorry (not sorry) for the copious amount of ofmd content you will see from me. my gay little heart couldn’t handle watching s2 when it just came out so it’s only now that i am consuming everything

and yes, i will be hyperfixating on this show for quite some time

[farmfreshopposum]

It’s currently December 17, 2022, and I currently have an all-consuming craving for high school shows. Forget Euphoria, which has shown me nothing but glorified existence and addiction as a form of entertainment. As someone who has seen similar themes reflected in my own life, it is nothing but painful to watch kids (who are supposed to be like me) suffer endlessly with no hope in sight. Of course I want to see the pain, but I also want to feel the motivation. I want to see people on that screen, who are faced with a tsunami, withstand it because how else can we ever hope to? I have three particular shows in mind, the first two of which Netflix has neglected to continue.

The Society showcases a modern-day Lord of the Flies scenario with an implied multi-verse that we never get to expand upon. You get to love and hate, love and hate. There are all sorts of familial, platonic, and romantic relationships, including queer people and POCs. Even as only a viewer, you’re forced to examine the same dilemmas the characters face, as they’re dilemmas we experience today: policing, gun control, the death penalty, and more. And despite the heavy material, there are still endless glimmers of hope and growth.

Grand Army is a show that I initially doubted. Yet it has a similar theme of diverse cast members and story lines, as well as serious issues that too many young Americans face today - violence, prejudice, generational struggles. Just like The Society, we see those glimmers of hope, of kids like us growing into themselves.

Finally, one that Netflix has yet to kick to the curb: Heartbreak High. I had similar doubts with this one that weren’t helped by this show’s much brighter wardrobe and lighting. However, you’ll find that same easy diversity (more than the other two shows, even) and the same discussion of contemporary issues. It’s a little lighter, easier to bear all in one sitting. An added bonus is everyone’s beautiful Australian accents and dialogue. Not only this, but a Season 2 has been announced!!!! (Fingers crossed, dear reader.)

We need more shows we can see ourselves in, and we need the people in charge of making more to understand it’s what teens want to see. Euphoria and shows like it are nothing more than romantic exaggerations that weren’t made for kids dying to see themselves on a screen like I was. No wonder they’ll make you feel so out of place; that’s not a place most people are ever in. Instead, feel gutted because that was you on that TV just now; that was wonderful, beautiful you who’s probably in pieces but making it work. Consume media that makes you feel as young and hungry and stunning as you are, and accept nothing less.

[artbyblastweave]

I'm not the first to mention this, but one bit that I thought was really clever in Steven Universe is the ways in which the show subtly justifies the cartoonism of the principle cast always wearing the same outfit for ease-of-animation purposes. The gems are a gimme in that they're all hardlight-projections, and even before that's solidified as a plot point they're otherworldly and superheroic enough that you don't really think to question it. But Steven canonically just owns hundreds and hundreds of those star shirts, which are leftover merchandise from his father's fizzled-out career as a rock star. Into which you can read a whole bunch of other stuff if you really want to, right? And I do want to. It's reflective of Greg's misplaced optimism that he got hundreds of those made in the first place, and it's a benign but visible example of how Steven's life is shaped by the knock-on effects of decisions his parents made before he was even alive. He's got his mother's superpowers and he's wearing his father's shirts.

[starrysharks]

friendship is magic

closeups:

[homiro]

AINU MIKU! AINU MIKU!

[markscherz]

Just a reminder that in much of the northern hemisphere there is Good and Exciting Stuff to be found right now (early Summer) in your local ponds and waterways.

[captainfern]

I'm genuinely tweaking rn, I've read all the fics and I don't know what to read now 😭

all of my fics ?? lol wow i appreciate that sm <3

i’ll use this as a chance to recommend some absolutely lovely people and talented writers who deserve endless luv and support !!!

@alwaysshallow @a-small-writer-in-a-big-world @bunnyreaper @bleuu-moon @charliemwrites @cowyolks @chamomiletealeaf @ceilidho @cordeliawhohung @dante-mightdie @deadbranch @eilidh-eternal @fawnchives @frogchiro @glossysoap @groguspicklejar @ghouljams @greatstormcat @ghostlywhiskey @glitterypirateduck @hecateslore @ivymarquis @iciclesses @konigsblog @luminousbeings-crudematter @luvit @lxvvie @ltbunny @l0v3tast3 @lovelyghst @moondirti @moongreenlight @meowpupp @mangowafflesss @naivegh0ul @ohcaptains @ohbo-ohno @peachesofteal @rowarn @stormiwaves @sky-is-the-limit @starry-eyedblog @stargirlrchive @shotmrmiller @shadowlali @tacticalanklebiter3000 @tojisun @yawnderu @yeyinde @391780

(please heed any tags or warnings on each blog and/or work and be kind and respectful)

[somnimagus]

My page for @kairizine. It was such a huge honor to be part of this wonderful book with everyone, I had so much fun!

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[edains]

Children of Rannoch: Notable Quarians aboard the Rayya

Children of Rannoch - A Quarian Overhaul (LE2)

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[strangertheories]

[onyx-collective]

Black fashion on screen, from the '60s to now: always slaying, always setting trends 📺

[gean-grey-blog]

What makes White Collar hold up so much better than other police procedurals:

It was part of the "pretty happy shows with gorgeous ensemble casts and a charismatic weird guy" USA network era but it somehow used that to be about stuff that is so REAL

What is justice? Is our system fair? Can you be a criminal and still be a good man? Can you be a good man and still work for the system?

The bad guys are rich assholes, and people defrauding families out of their homes, and unethical pharmaceutical companies. People manipulating energy supply out of greed resulting in blackouts which are showing *harming a dog,* aka how to show something is monstrous in a pg show written by a white person. Class exists in this universe in more ways than having a cardboard concept of a "rich guy."

The bad guys include police, FBI agents, prison staff, judges, senators. Those people cause real harm, obstruct justice, plant evidence, kill people. It's shown how the system protects them and harms regular people.

The harm that causes the main character to go from wanting to be part of the system, to subverting and working against it, is him finding out about an act of police corruption, brutality, and murder--and what's more, that if he became a cop, that's what he could become.

The harm that causes the main character to be outside the white picket fence is that the system failed his family after that act. What happened to Neal's mom? Why did nobody besides Helen step in? They had to check in with US Marshals, did nobody notice this kid didn't have an adult fit to parent?

So Neal turns to found family. And let's be real, heavily polyamory coded found family at that. But he keeps chasing the idea of a girl who will be everything. But he's got all this attachment trauma so he never does. But because found family is real family, even the people who freaking played the characters are still connected a decade later

[whisperwillyou]

Listen.

Y’all can ship whatever you want,

But Luz Noceda did not hurt her back carrying Hunter’s entire rescue and redemption arc for people to claim that WILLOW is Hunter’s Evelyn.

My girl strolled in from a different realm and adopted Hunter like he was a rescue pitbull from a fighting ring that everyone else thought was vicious but really it just had so much anxiety and was in desperate need of some tender love and care.

Luz is Evelyn’s parallel.

She’s a girl from another world, one who embodies everything he was raised to see as dangerous and evil. She literally introduced him to Flapjck (best friend/emotional support palismen) and planted the initial seeds of uncertainty in his mind. She reaches out to him, protects him, and saves him from Belos, spiriting him away to be a part of her family instead. Belos literally said to her face “But thanks to you, I'll have to make another one.” Cant get much clearer than that. Evelyn corrupted Caleb. Luz corrupted Hunter.

Just because the relationship between Caleb and Evelyn was romantic doesn’t mean that a parallel for Hunter has to ALSO be romantic. It’s about love in general. Love and Family.

Do you know how rare it is for one of my favorite platonic pairs to be treated with the same level of importance as the romantic pairs??

You aren’t stealing this from me.

Platonic love wins this round 👊

[biceratops7]

I feel like we don’t really acknowledge the absolutely unhinged levels of moral superiority people hold over fans of ofmd. Like I’m not gonna get into specifics but it’s so completely bonkers to me that people will see enjoyment of MUCH more problematic media and skip along their merry way… But then when a show with a diversity of skin tones, sexuality, gender, ability, AND writers gets popular, suddenly you’ll have people practically telling you to get a red hot poker up the ass if you dare to still like it when it’s not the most virtuous bastion of media to every exist.

Yadada yada yada that Sarah Z video asking why we hold diverse media to a much higher moral standard than we do anything else

[arostormblessed]

I fucking love the wheel of time show everyone should watch it. Couldn’t understand why so many people were giving it negative reviews and then I came to the realization that it was made specifically for the weird gays on tumblr that actually appreciate interesting storytelling. it was made for the people who love awful women, unconventional relationships, negative character development, toxicity, polyamory, qprs, unhealthy devotion, etc etc

[markantonys]

THE WHEEL OF TIME | 2x05