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[biglisbonnews]

The ‘M3GAN’ Sequel Already Has a Title — And a Release Date She truly is titanium. https://www.them.us/story/m3gan-2-sequel-confirmed

[lsykhn22]

Luke happy asf cause Garcia finally called him by his name and not newbie meanwhile Reid in prison witnessing his only friend getting his throat slit was nasty

[galaxysharks]

I have decided to fix the season 4 Cheating storyline, while still keeping the events, because context is everything, and this fits the characters more.

Big Red and Seb both have to work so they can't go to California for the summer right? But they both are still big into theater, so instead they join the community theater.

They get cast opposite each other in a relationship. The kiss is part of the play. Seb feels guilty because he wasn't expecting to get cast in a role that would have him act in a way that felt like cheating, and he can't text Carlos to tell him. It still doesn't mean anything to either of them, but Big Red still gets his moment of realization when talking to another cast member who said he had his own gay awakening when on stage.

Big Red and Ash still break up. It's still fine with both.

Seb ices out Carlos because his father will be at the coffee truck everyday and he's not ready to come out yet and he still feels guilty.

[foxdemon-loser]

Drabble abt my outsiders oc and the gang ykyk

TW: Descriptions of violence and gore

Two-Bit, Dallas and Diaz where fighting a gang of five Socs. The three boys had gotten super off their minds drunk and wanted a fight. It was all going well, until:

“Eat glass Grease!”

“FUCK!-“

Diaz yelled and the sound of glass breaking was heard and a sharp cry rang through the night. Dallas, wobbly, searched around, and found the mess of curly hair slumped in the floor, face-down. Diaz.

Two-Bit found him and both boys stumbled towards him, Two-Bit dropped down while Dallas crouched, Two turned him on his back.

Diaz was half-unconcious, a chip in his front two teeth, and a bloody mess where his left eye should’ve been. Two-Bit cried out and Dallas grimaced.

“Shit! Diaz, you with us?” Two-Bit sat Diaz up, clearly not a fan of the gory sight, his face paling.

Diaz just groans, coughing.

“I can’t see..”

He grumbled, Dallas pulled Diaz up forcefully and swung his arm over his shoulder, Two-Bit stood moments later.

“Fuckin’ Socs. Let’s get to the Curtis’s house, ‘n pray Pony ain’t awake.”

Dallas grumbled as they started walking, admittedly not in a straight line .

[storyteller-aprendiz]

I LOVED THE CHEATING STORYLINE (ACTUALLY)

First, a little bit about me: I am a polyamorous bisexual writer with queer liberation ideals. This is just so that you (beautifull reader that took the time to read this) understands where I am coming from.

So let's recapitulate:

Carlos and Ashlyn plus all of the wildcats except for Big Red and Seb leave for camp, leaving the two boys to spend a lot time together were they grow closer and their relationship understandably strengthens.

So, we end up with two boys that are missing their romantic partners and all the affection their romantic partners can give them. They decide to go see a Harry Styles movie (whyyy?? harry styles- it should have been better Fire Island, anyways). And in the darkness of the cinema Seb reaches for Big Red's nachos, and Big Red for Seb's popcorn. Hands brush, it reminds them of the romantic affection they've been missing, but it isn't enough so they kiss.

And kisses CAN be platonic. Nothing happens, except that Big Red discovers he's bisexual.

Their romantic partners return for camp. They have to tell them about the KISS because if they don't say anything it would be cheating, but Big Red is going to Cairo (for some weird reason). Seb, well there are some rumours about Carlos cheating, which Seb isn't bother by, in his mind he did the same.

He found out does rumours aren't real. Carlos didn't cheat unlike him. The guilt consumes him, he's a coward so he runs from his problems. Seb ignores Carlos for the rest of the summer and two months after that (if they start in the 1st of september, idk how it works).

Seb tells Carlos about the kiss, but it comes out all wrong. Now its too late for the kiss to really being nothing, Seb ignore carlos for 2 months-ish. Plus he says he cheated, which really what is CHEATING?

Is it kissing someone? Is it having sex with someone? Is it entering a romantic relationship with someone? Is it entering a sexual relationship with someone? Is it having feelings for someone?

Carlos & Seb never defined what is cheating for them, and the way Seb says it, it could be anything of the above.

PLUS cheating involves in some way getting tired of the other person and wanting to look for something new. Which Carlos internalizes, but is definetly not how Seb feels about him.

Big Red comes back from Egypt, the first thing he does (after yk doing all the things you do for a trip) is go find Ashlyn and explain himself, and apologize (sort of). Because how he sees it, it wasn't cheating because for him platonic kisses aren't cheating and he still loves Ashlyn, for Ash is a bit different because she doesn't know what cheating is for her, and they also never established what cheating was for each other.

But is fine because Big Red came to her with the truth AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (I'm looking at you Sebastian). Plus they both knew their relationship was reaching an end.

Reminded by Ashlyn, Big Red goes to Carlos to explain the situation, but is too late Seb already ruin it. It was too late, the wording was not the best ("Do you know who was the guy that Seb cheated with?" / "Me". Like, damn). And again CHEATING implies the person that cheats getting bored with their partner and disregarding their feelings.

So yeah, Carlos is feeling bad. Because all this time it had been Seb who had giving Carlos the side eye for the possibility he might cheated with boys on trips to México or Camp, etc. Carlos, who has had to manage the effects of this insecurity of Seb's, then has that same insecuirty made real by the same person that already feels it.

Therefore, a very shitty situation. Because again Seb saying "I cheated on you" is very different from "I kiss Big Red, it didn't mean anything".

And as we know it was all that implied cheating that affected Carlos, not really the kiss on itself. So in true Seblos fasion, he needs a song to be reminded of how much Seb trully loves him, how much he values him.

And we finally get the Seblos (frankie & joe) duet I've been waiting.

Seb finally gets a chance to do things right, explain himself and Red, and assuage any insecurities Carlos might have.

The End.

Which, wow, it was a very convoluted storyline, just type it down, now, I can see how long it was.

So for my recap of it, you can see that I really don't see Seb and Big Red as cheating, because again it was a PLATONIC kiss. That being said, Seblos and Redlyn should have talk about what is cheating for them, and is platonic kisses are part of it, well that changes things a little bit. But yeah. For me what Seb & Big Red did wasn't cheating.

Now lets get into what Seb and Big Red did wrong.

Big Red, you did things very good actually, just don't try to act so proud of it "my coming-out origin story" to your girlfriend? Dude, a bit more tact next time.

Seb, Seb, sweet, sweet, Seb. Do you even know your boyfriend? You did everything wrong. You IGNORED Carlos, a person which craves attention, you make him feel your own guilt about cheating even when he didn't, and make him feel like he did something wrong in the relationship, when you thought it was you who did the wrong thing.

And then, instead of explaining what ACTUALLY happened, you say it in the way that will be MISINTERPRETED and cause a lot of insecurity, insecurity which you HAVE/HAD by the way.

Like I know you aren't good at talking things out loud, but this is a whole other level.

Now, why do I love the storyline? As I declared in the title of this post.

Well 1st CARLOS. I love how this plot allows us to go in deeper with Carlos' insecurities, and even a throwaway line of the exuberant body standards of/in the gay community.

It also gave us a Carlos that fought for Seb, when he wasn't talking to him. Like in S2, he would have just give him the cold shoulder too, called it a day, and if they never talk again, well it would be more self-pity to drown himself into.

It gave us Miss Jenn & Carlos bonding over their broken hearts, Ashlyn & Carlos moments talking about their partners (and queerness), Carlos & Kourtney caring for each other.

It gave us a freaking Seblos duet (though I know we could've get this any other way).

2nd Seb. Like I know that I have been to harsh on him, and that's because he messed up. And I LOVE that about him.

Like Sebastian has always been this perfect character ("Sweet Perfect Innocent Seb" as Carlos call him), but now we know it isn't always easy to be sweet, perfect, and innocent.

And he messed up in a way that was actually in line with his character, like he is definitely the person that drags out the problem until he can't ignore it (Points to S2), and doesn't want to deal with it.

Carlos messes up a lot, but now we find out that Seb does too.

3rd Big Red. I love his outlook in this whole situation. How he looks back at the moment and doesn't think "I cheated on my girlfriend" but rather "Wow, cool bi awakening". Because again, he wasn't into Seb, it was a platonic kiss, all it did for him was making him realized that he likes kissing boys, and boys in general as well as girls.

Which brings me to the fact that we finally got to know Big Red's bi awakening. Is it controversial? Yes. Does it perpetuates stereotypes? Depending on how you look at it, because although Big Red doesn't look at it as cheating, Ashlyn has more mix feeling about it, and the guy he kissed definetly thinks they cheated.

4th, it was a freaking queer storyline. Like normally I hate cheating as a way to cause more drama into a relationship, plus being the reason the character break up. But the way HSMTMTS queered it all the way.

Like I definitely can SEE this happening on a queer friendship group irl. Like the Redlyn break-up is the queerest scene on the show ever, Big Red's whole different out look on the situation, Carlos' insecurities about why Seb cheated, how Seb reacts to the whole thing, and the uses Halloween to try an fix it. The fact that it was a platonic kiss, which both parties know didn't meant they were into the other person, but that they just like to kiss.

Very, very queer my friend.

Lastly, I have mostly been talking about it from my own interpretation and my feelings about it. But I want to talk about how I saw it was received.

And that was, not so good.

Which I do and don't understand at the same time. On the one side, I am in part of the crow that says that relationships don't need to have drama to be interesting. Especially, when the only drama mainstream authors can think about is, cheating, fear of being cheated on, and jelousy. Like very boring my friend.

Then there's the whole "Bisexual Stereotipe" in the room, which true (most people don't even care about Bi men) is not the best. However, I want to ask, why are we so insistan on looking good? Why do we crave acceptance so much?

If a may I would like to bring attention to this next excerpt from Bi Notes from a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Esner:

The idea of unfaithfulness also brings into light the metaphor of the bisexual as traitor (one of my personal favorites). The dictionary defines

treason as “a betrayal of trust,” or as “an attempt to overthrow the government . . . or to kill . . . the sovereign,” a definition that betrays, if you will, bisexuality’s function as an agitator. We can think about bisexuality as betrayal of the trust imposed on us by power structures, as well as embodying an attempt to overthrow or “kill” hegemonic order. We can then use this as a gateway to betraying monogamy, patriarchy, governments, countries, and wars, betraying the “LGBT” (meaning, the GGGG) movement, for promoting the assimilation of our communities and cooperating with oppressive structures. We can be traitors to anything that confines us, and to anything that stands in our way: all power structures, all oppression.

Which actually brings me to the last idea of why I think people are reacting badly to the storyline, we are not used to see queer people mess up in media. With this I mean that we are either demonized or made into paragons.

Let me pick another quote from Will Williams, amazing creator of Valence a super duper queer Urban Fantasy Podcast:

So like, there’s this — there’s this idea of “bad representation”, of showing queer people in a negative light as complex and fucked up characters. [...] There’s this idea that showing queer people like this gives cishet people more reasons to hate us. 

And I understand that. I absolutely do. [...] But where I am right now, my philosophy is, cishet people will always hate us. They’ll always find reasons to think that we’re abhorrent even if we’re the most morally upright person in their eyes, regardless of being queer. [...]

I don’t — I — because I’m a mess, and because I’m a queer person, and because I have huge monumental flaws as a person, I really struggle to feel represented by most things [...] So when I think of the media that matters to me, and makes me feel seen, and gives me catharsis, and makes me feel represented as specifically a queer person, I always think of really fucked up, messed up queer characters hat other people might point to and be like, this is bad representation. I just don’t think that there’s any such thing as good representation.

To conclude, I love the cheating storyline. Because in my book it wasn't actually cheating, we've got to explore the characters even more- let them mess up, and it was queer as fuck.

[stiles-hoodie]

Just made it to episode 4 and Ricky and Eltons scene made me cry so much. Ricky needed to hear that so much because it's so obvious through out the show that he wasn't aware that he was hurting himself so much until someone pointed it out. They really were like two halves of a coin. (caswen shipper in me: But they are still apart of the same coin and complete each other). The acting was also so incredible! Same with the scenes with Big Red telling the truth to Carlos and Ashlyn. I had a feeling during season 3 after Big Red came out was because he had a moment with Seb or something I didn't think I would be right though.

[felt-squirrels]

I am so sorry to announce I am back in my High School Musical: The Musical: The Musical phase and I’m only watching the fourth season for Seb and Carlos

[team-wonderstudy]

Well that’s it. It’s over 💔

What an amazing finale. I can’t believe everyone that I wanted to get together got together ❤️

All the characters were amazing and I’m so happy I got to experience it all these past 4 years.

Once a wildcat. Always a wildcat. ❤️

[organic-guacamole]

now that the show is over for good I just gotta say

this show means so much to me and hase since I discovered it in 2021. that time in my life was stressful and hard to get through and through hsmtmts I met some really amazing people on the hsmtmts discord server (at the time there were only 2 servers for the show and one was dead so)

that said, throughout seasons 2 and 3 where some questionable things happened, I looked forward to every Friday (then Wednesday) just because of how fun it was to chat and interact with these people on the server. it was so fun to have inside jokes and playful ship wars and all that. it sounds silly but it made me really happy to have these friends through a screen where the only thing we had in common is loving this show.

I'm such a different person to who I was when I started watching it but every time I rewatch season 1 (10 times and counting y'all) I get transported back and somehow only recall the best parts of that time, the nostalgia from that era overrides the worst and I'm so grateful for that.

I'm so grateful for this show for letting me live out the theatre kid dream I could never sustain irl. thanks to this show I started posting my writing online too, which has opened up a lot more for me too.

not to mention y'all here on Tumblr too:

@wondereternity

@phoebenpiperx

@team-wonderstudy

@pipes-loves-writing

@hydesmolina

@sunshine-julie-molina

@after-nine-at-the-oasis

@ejcaswelll

@ejwaterpolotheatergay

ik I didn't always interact with y'all but you deserve a mention because during the craziness of season 2 and 3 y'all were so hilarious and always had something to say. to me it felt like a proper fandom community on there and I only wish I reached out and interacted more in the past

I'm so happy that this show exists even if I would totally rewrite a lot of things that happened (for example make season 2 and 3 have the vibes that season 1 and now season 4 have, more mature and inclusive of all characters, etc).

but anyway, this is my quota for being sentimental. see y'all around

[hsmtmtsjoefrankie]

Finally it's my turn to watch the new season

[biglisbonnews]

A Chicago Bakery Is Closing After Receiving Extreme Harassment for Hosting Drag Event The owner said their closing is the direct result of “horrific attacks.” https://www.them.us/story/chicago-bakery-uprising-closing-harassment-drag

[sapphirebluejewel]

First I would like to say I’m no professional so don’t take my words seriously. But I’m going to analyze this poster anyway.

Gina, Ricky, Ashlyn, and Kourtney are obviously the focuses of the season. Gina and Ricky are next to each other so I think they might have a fight through the season *for the plot* they will stay together. The fight will probably be about the fact Ricky is a senior and Gina is not.

Big red and Ashlyn are not together while seb and Carlos are. Carlos and Seb will probably stay together and big red and Ashlyn will likely split amicably. They characters are just going in differently directions. And going off of that interestingly while Maddox and Ashlyn had this little thing last season Maddox and Jet are both looking at the new characters. 🤨

Okay I can not tell if Emmy is looking at EJ or the new people. She could be looking at EJ as a mentor to crush relationship something but we also know EJ is going through it this season so he needs to focus on himself. EJ is grouped by a lot of people so hopefully at least some of them will support him (at least maddox and the adults).

[galaxysharks]

Ricky/Gina: soooo, we have something to tell you guys..... We're dating!

Ash/Seb/Kourt/Carlos/ect.: ......what?

Jet/Maddox: That was Supposed to be a SECRET?

Rina: YOU KNEW?

Jet: YES! EVERYONE KNEW!

Maddox: did you think you were being subtle?

[stiles-hoodie]

Aged-Up Au: this group of men won't take a hint and listen to the girls when they tell them to leave them alone. The guys defend the girls but aren't taking the lead and start a physical fight. The results are Seb trying to get Carlos out of a tree, Maddox yelling at Jet while cleaning up a bruise on his face, Gina and Ashlyn looking for their shoes, and EJ having a crisis over the fact that Ricky has been holding back all this time.