#ratched Netflix

[darklinaforever]

These shows which were supposedly canceled because of covid...

Seriously, who really believes it ?

[sapphicaffeine]

I was thinking about Ratched and I panicked for a second thinking of the possibility that it could be gone forever (? But apparently it's not! (I know the preproduction for S2 was announced months ago but I was still afraid)

S2 is on the way

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[edwinspaynes]

You know, I've been mulling over how the streaming business model - specifically the @netflix business model - actively discourages the creation of diverse shows.

Netflix's idea that everything has to be a Big Hit caters to the concept that everything that's worth making should be mass-streamlined for the largest possible audience. That audience is, of course, going to fall into majority demographics - straight, cisgender, neurotypical, probably white (though I don't really feel comfortable speaking about that so much as a white person myself. If a PoC wants to add onto this post, I'll reblog it.)

Anything with queer representation is going to be heavily watered down or tailored to a cishet audience if we are to follow the Netflix business model to its natural conclusion. Shows like Dead Boy Detectives, Ratched, First Kill, Shadow and Bone, and Warrior Nun include nuanced stories about queer characters and their journeys, and the sad fact is that many cishet people simply don't even care to try to relate to these stories. They're overlooked in favour of straight-made, straight-majority shows like Bridgerton, Never Have I Ever, or Stranger Things. All three of these shows include a queer side character, but that character is either never fleshed out or made queer in the most perfunctory and performative way possible. Straight audiences still care to watch them for the straight characters. This leads to the cancelation of authentic queer shows because they don't "have the numbers" to be hits.

(Btw, I can say with confidence that Dead Boy Detectives at least did have the numbers needed to be a hit, and they're ever-growing. But walk with me and take Netflix's stupid ass claim at face value for a second.)

No shit queer shows are going to get canceled if you're basing everything on "hit" numbers.

According to the Williams Institute, 5.5% of US adults identify as LGBT. That's a pretty huge minority, which is surprising for most of us queer people who tend to hang out in groups like little queer magnets. But it's true. Even if half of the cishet population is happy enough to watch queer shows, that's still only 55.5% of people who are maybe going to watch. And we can't expect everyone to watch every Netflix show. That's unreasonable.

So, to summarize, you're going to only make hit shows? That means you're only catering to majority-audiences. That means that we are going to have NO diverse media that doesn't get the ax.

It also really sucks that Netflix seems to use Heartstopper (a great show!) as its "bbbut we're not homophobic" billboard. Like, okay! You have one cute little coming out show. And we love it! Doesn't make you an A++ Ally, though.

But what about other queer stories? Ones that aren't about queerness? Why can't we see ourselves as supernatural detectives or vampire debutantes or morally gray psychiatric nurses?

In the immortal words of one of the best, most complex queer characters ever to exist, "it's so fucking stupid it's unbelievable."

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[newwavesylviaplath]

so glad ryan murphy chose a new random ass twink to torture! evan peters your time is UP

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[omjitskailay]

Thinking about how one of the teachers at my tiny, conservative christian (homophobic, purity culture, pacifist) school admitted to some of us that she loved the show Ratched (a show with lesbians, sex, lesbian sex, and violence)

and we had like a little secret conference about how good the show is except you can't say that out loud at school because that's like summoning the devil

and now I'm wondering if she's really as homophobic as she should be...for working at this school... like is she a teacher I could have come out to???

[blood-loving-leech]

watching a crazy ass show about a nurse in an old timey psych ward and SHIT is there a lot going on

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[sweetandabitspycho]

Huck Finnigan x Nurse! Reader

Summary: Something it's hard to keep a secret relationship a secret.

Title:

Warnings:

It should be a crime! You hear me, a crime that there isn't anything for Ratchet characters!

It's so short!

@queenoftheweh

"Good morning, love!” I whisper gently in Huck’s ear, he turned around to make sure no one saw us. "It's okay, I made sure no one was here. Plus, it's 1:30, everyone just wants to go home." I said as kissed his cheek.

“I know. It's just you know, we could get fired or worst." He said sadly as we started to walk down the hall. He was right of course, you can't date who you work with. "I know, I know. I just can't help it sometimes, you are just so cute and hansom in blue," I said smiling at him, he let out a chuckle and smiled.

He looked to make sure no one could see us, then pushed me in the closet. Before I could say something I felt his soft but round lips on me. I smiled in to the kiss. We continue until we needed to breath.

"so what was that for?" I asked as he hugged me. "I just wanted to kiss you," he said we stayed like that for a while.

[darklinaforever]

A tribute to this character (my favorite on the show) whose end we will never see due to the cancellation of Ratched. 😂 (But afterwards we know very well with the original film that he would probably have ended up killed by Ratched... 🤷‍♀️)

[cardboardboxfly]

Deciding whether or not to go read crow time or to continue watching ratched

[edwinspaynes]

Ratched is an incredible show. It's right up my alley. I would 100% have watched it immediately if I had known about it's release. I love Cuckoo's nest, I love psychological thrillers, and I love sapphic stories.

I have watched the show in what will be four days tomorrow. If Netflix had promoted it at all, it might have gotten the views to not become subject to cancelation.

This is exactly what happened to Dead Boy Detectives. We got no promotion at all. Of course people were going to find it over time! But it took a while because Netflix marketed it like ass!

I really like Ratched and I'm upset on its behalf now lol

[now-that-i-saw-you]

I went into Ratched expecting it to be a twisted horror/psychological thriller and turns out it's a wholesome love story about a lesbian overcoming her childhood trauma

[programapilototv]

Alguien voló sobre el nido de las cancelaciones: Netflix confirma que no habrá más 'Ratched'

Netflix continúa limpiando fondo de armario (mal que nos pese en ocasiones). Cuatro años después, y a pesar de anunciar y confiar una segunda temporada, al final la plataforma ha decidido cancelar Ratched – protagonizada por Sara Paulson– tras una única tanda de episodios. La serie buscaba narrar con el peculiar estilo de Ryan Murphy los orígenes de la inquietante (e icónica) Mildred Ratched,…

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