#ianowt netflix

[floralgraveyard]

how netflix feels after cancelling good shows with good queer rep after one season!!!!!

[captainwaffles]

Rating both of these

Starting with the Netflix adaptation

A shame it got cancelled after the first season

I really liked the characters, and where the plot was going

It was clear these where high schoolers

The comic

Less character set up, but it got to the point and was amazing just the same

Both

Personally I liked the route the Netflix show was taking a bit more, but the comic was amazing in a different way.

Stanley is much better in the show in my opinion, and honestly all the characters where

I think both are good in different ways, the comic is horrifying and quick, and feels so raw and helpless, just like depression, especially in high school, can feel like

The show I think would have been more optimistic, I don’t think she would have killed herself, there was so much potential and they just destroyed it

[not-the-living-ghost]

well at least now i can say with absolute certainty that netflix hates two things, and that’s ghosts and gay people

[love-byers]

we should talk about this more

[inezrable]

I've lived through too many queer tv show cancellations

[swanparties]

when you (an amazing tv show) wake up next to him (network cancellation) in the middle of the night (when the story's not over)

[okaybut-merelyplayers]

Bring back Blockbuster and new episode Sundays on cable because this streaming shit is a joke

[corinna-brown]

PRIDE MONTH: 11/30—SYDNEY NOVAK

[oodlesofoddnoodles]

why i believe mlm-centric media is more popular then any wlw-centric media

(DISCLAIMER!!! I am not in ANYWAY discrediting any of the media i use as an example, i personally enjoy almost all of the shows mentioned and am merely trying to prove a point, i am glad we are at a point in society with ANY LGBTQ+ representation and I hope we only further it from this point on)

okay, so i’ve been thinking about this for the past couple of days, some examples of what i mean are as follows

Media that features mlm relationships (Heartstopper, Young Royals, Red, White & Royal Blue), is almost always in a “realistic��� scenario. (i’m not saying that YR and RWRB are realistic, however it is not set in a fantasy setting)

Media that features wlw relationships (First Kill, I Am Not Okay With This), are almost always in “fantasy” type settings.

Why do I believe there is a correlation? I think it’s because of the fetishization of LGBTQ relationships.

For example, Heartstopper.

While yes, it does have a lesbian couple as well, Tara and Darcy aren’t the main characters. I think the reason Heartstopper was such a success is because it is realistic, and straight cis women think its cute. i am in no way saying that straight-cis people can’t enjoy gay media, but it becomes alarming when their whole personality revolves around the fact they like gay couples. If you think “Oh, there aren’t people like that!” Yes there are.

Meanwhile, on the opposite end, straight cis men don’t want to watch wlw couples be cute and fall in love because “ew thats weird and gross.” so there isn’t as big of a fanbase, straight cis men aren’t the ones who make the fan-works, and even if the LGBTQ+ community does like a show, they need the most possible appeal and they won’t find that with cis straight men.

Plus, straight people don’t want to see their own gender being with each-other. The ratio of straight cis women obsessed with wlw relationships to SCW obsessed with mlm relationships is like one to ten, and we’ve already established that SCM aren’t involved in fandom as much as SCW.

another disclaimer because i can already feel people attacking me for this, this is not a call-out post, merely me stating things i’ve noticed, i don’t care what you do lol.

If you have any other points you’d like to add, let me know :)

[yurtletheturtlehenderson]

Late to the party but I just heard about that hilarious Netflix statement

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

She gets it

Today I will talk about how Sydney’s powers actually represent both trauma and homosexuality, I will start by—

[heyyitsmoss]

i am not okay with this fanart because i love syd so much. netflix seems to enjoy making indie retro films/shows with silly traumatized gay people and im honestly here for it

also a lil bit of blood, i dunno if i wanna try to draw brad and his little brain explosion but that might be cool so idk

[strangertheories]

I hate studio execs more than studio execs hate renewing shows with lesbians in them

[not-the-living-ghost]

this is not a jab at heartstopper whatsoever, but as someone who’s only been watching supernatural queer shows all summer, it’s so funny getting used to the sudden change of pace. i’ve watched a cat fall in love with an edwardian ghost, a teenage girl explode some guy’s head, the ruler of all dreams having the slow-burn of the millennium with an immortal man, and now i’m watching a show that centers around the romance of two regular high schoolers

[ijustexistlmao]

i love this silly gal

[dinawiththejeans]

@sydneysshitshow and I got bored in pe lol, at least we had a sub!