#riverdale is the funniest show on television !!

[laylakeating]

#riverdale is iconic and beyond reproach

[july-19th-club]

another one of the funniest products of the pre-riverdale Insane Television Phenomenon that was true blood is that bill is so dull as vampires go he makes angel from buffy look like a really sexy dude by comparison and he drags the whole show down whenever he's on screen because he is simply so dreary of mood. it's not even bad acting, it's like stephen moyer got the script and said okay so i'm gonna approach this guy like he's never once had a positive emotion and he's making it everybody's problem and then he did that for the entire show BUT anna paquin saw this man and his performance and said i know i'm already fucking that for work but i'd love to do it at home too, and also get groceries and make breakfast and have children together and so they did that and they've been married now for thirteen slutty, slutty, deeply uneventful years

[mintysneezes]

You celebrated when it was announced that riverdale was ending. We are loosing the best funniest most fascinating show on television and you are celebrating

[lesbiandarvey]

what’s your favourite meal, colour, flower, and….. what’s your favourite show. I know your favourite shows, but I want to know what your Favourite Show is 🤪

ohhh okay favorite meal is my sisters butter chicken with the garlic naan soo good

color: lilac . everything i have is lavender/lilac my keyboard my phone my wallet bomber jacket etc

favorite flower... daisy!

and my favorite show... its gotta be the west wing 1999-2006 dir. thommy schlamme. i watched it when i was 17 and it just. becomes a part of you and it changed everything i thought i knew about television and made me want to go into public service ...

honorable mentions for the shows that popped in my head as my favorite.. superstore 2015-2021 funniest show ive ever seen. riverdale 2017-2023 THEE show the most ambitious show ive ever seen and they fucking delivered! well until the end lol and malcolm in the middle 2005-2006 genuinely the greatest comedy thats supposed to be a kids show but ended up being such a deep intimate of working class america in the early aughts

[jupitermelichios]

you know, riverdale really doesn't get enough credit for its queer representation

sure there's a bunch of memeworthy cringy moments (mostly from the first season, when it was functionally a different show, but i can't give "it's not queerbait if it's to save the world" a completely free pass even if it is one of the funniest lines ever said on television), and we absolutely should be side-eying them hard for erasing jughead's asexuality (although we might finally be getting that in the current season)

but for all that, there's so much stuff i love

Toni and Fangs being explicitly a queer couple, despite being opposite gender, because the show didn't just forget that they're both bi when they got together. I geuinely cannot think of another example of that on tv, and it really meant a lot to me to see it

Cheryl having lost her childhood to her mother's emotional abuse and homophobia immediately agreeing to foster Britta when Britta's parents throw her out for being gay. (everything season six did with Britta was insane, but for season 5 at least her and Cheryl and Nana Rose were a little gay family and I loved it sm)

Betty figuring out she's bi while in a relationship with a man and that just being some new self knowledge she has, rather than it being seen as a threat to her and Archie's relationship

Kevin continuing to be refered to as Anthony's dad and having a relationship with him, even though he's not his biological father and he and Fangs split up before Anthony was even born. (They were using a friend as a surrogate, the relationship ended before the birth, later a DNA test is done that shows fangs is the biodad, but when he's not being mindcontrolled by evil wizards he continues to have a relationship with the baby - he chose to have this kid, and that's the thing that counts, not whether he's on the birth certificate)

And yes the Abigail episodes are all very silly, but they're also all about how queer people have always been here and will always be here, and no attempt to erase us will ever succeed. and yes sometimes we're immortal witches driven mad and evil by the loss of our one true love, but afterall, don't my evil immortal wlw witch girlies deserve some representation too?

And yes the hedwig episode is so dumb, it's maybe the dumbest of the musical episodes and I'm including the american psycho one in that, but at the same time, it's an epsiode about how drag is important art and teenagers should if anything be exposed to more drag than they are because queer art is important, yes even the stuff with sex in it, and in the current political climate i can't help loving it for taking that stance, even if the songs are all really bad

the show's representation isn't perfect by any means, and yes the fact that it look them 7 seasons to even think about acknoledging that jughead is ace in the comics really sucks, but it also does a lot of things really right, and i just think those should get the same level of attention as the cringeworthy stuff

also "it's not queerbait if it's to save the world" is still an incredibly funny line

[lesbianrobin]

Do you have any TV show recommendations

my #1 tv show recommendation is to watch the challenge. i literally never cared about competition reality shows besides antm and now i am Obsessed because the challenge is perhaps the greatest show of our generation. i beg of you to watch this compilation video it captures the overall spirit of the show So well and it's also hilarious.

if you want recommendations on which season to start with PLEASE send me another ask, or ask sarah @steveharrington she's the expert.

ok now other shows ❤️ i'm not gonna mention shows like succession that are super big on tumblr or well-known prestige television like breaking bad or the sopranos because i'm sure you've already seen plenty of people recommending those yknow? so yeah.

cowboy bebop (anime). the live action does not exist to me. anyway. cowboy bebop is sci-fi. it's western. it's jazz. it's comedy. it's tragedy. it's about love and identity and bounty hunting and a little corgi. there's a reason why it's often called one of the greatest anime of all time. this kinda violates my no reccing super popular shows rule but i think people who don't watch much anime may not be familiar with cowboy bebop so i figured i have a duty to the people.

the get down. i wholeheartedly believe that the get down is the greatest thing netflix has ever produced and it's a goddamn tragedy that it was canceled, but what does exist is just. incredible. it's about the rise of rap and hip-hop, the death of disco, and struggling to figure out identity and the meaning of success in the bronx in the 1970s. created & produced by baz lurhmann, the show incorporates archival footage of new york and real people with fictional narratives in a truly masterful way. it's absolutely gorgeous. the music is fucking fantastic. it's So worth watching and i wish that it had gotten the same hype as other netflix shows like st, oitnb, etc.

speaking of netflix. american vandal. if the get down is the best thing netflix has ever produced, american vandal is a very close second, and i could honestly be persuaded to swap their places, but ANYWAY. it's a mockumentary wherein a kid named peter and his best friend sam attempt to solve the mystery of who spray-painted twenty-seven dicks on twenty-seven cars in the staff parking lot at their high school. it's one of the funniest shows i've ever seen, and also the only show i've ever found to be accurate to the contemporary teenage experience. it's also like... insanely accurate as a parody and critique of real true crime documentaries. also if you're following me you're probably an st fan, and eduardo franco (argyle!!) is in american vandal as well, if that motivates you any more.

xena: warrior princess. it's the best show of all time and also the worst show of all time. everything that people say about shows like supernatural and glee and riverdale? xena did that shit back in the 90s, they did it better, and they did it with lesbians. they did it with swords. they did it with aphrodite. they did it with leather and whips and clones and reincarnation and true love's kiss. please watch xena.

community. if you haven't watched community idk what you're doing with your life to be quite honest. just watch it already.

GLOW. attention all tumblrinas who like messy complicated stupid mean scheming sexy women. you will fucking love glow. sorry i'm recommending so many netflix shows but i can't Not mention glow on here it would be a betrayal of my lesbianism. it is about sexy women wrestling. it's got blood. it's got tits. it's got storytelling. it's got 80s music. it's got fucking your best friend's husband as a means of feeling closer to her. yellowjackets fans i'm looking at you. watch glow.

ghosts (bbc). not cbs. dear god not cbs. bbc. but yeah ghosts is a sitcom about a young couple who suddenly inherit an old home (manor? thing? man i don't fuckin know english aristocracy stuff) full of ghosts. it's a fun, simple premise, and some parts of the show can be corny, but the actors sell it so well that it's just a pleasure to watch. if you're into sitcoms, i think it's worth giving ghosts a shot!

that's it for now i don't want this to get super long ❤️ thank u for asking!! also sorry if this wasn't what you expected from me lmao. OH ALSO watch the muppet show. like the OG 1970s muppet show. shit slaps.

[sexcromancy]

riverdale and/or skam for the series q's!

2for1 on my teen shows nice

skam

Favourite character: NOORA (blonde women...) and especially Mia, and in many ways William I just like to rotate him in my mind.

Funniest character: EVAAAAA and sana my comediennes. and eskild. and isak.

Best-looking character: Eva.... ethereal princess looking person. also Daniel skamaustin 🫠

3 favourite ships: noorhelm, nooreva, and sanasef.. altho girlsquad and boysquad over all of these tbh.

Least favourite character: I hate you penetrator Chris. and also Charles skamfrance

Least favourite ship: pChris/Eva or Charles/Manon. yucky

Reason why I watch it: media experience of all time... NOTHINGGG could beat the excitement of a clip dropping randomly or a crucial IG post. especially watching og s4 live, my first live season, or Austin 1+2 while living in tx... enormous.

Why I started watching it: was going to say bc of bestie @perestr0ika but we didn't even know each other yet! crazy! so just when isak and even were all over tumblr ig, and I did do the thing of watching their season first and then going back.

Riverdale

Favourite character: Betty. ok so for all three of these my fav is a blonde woman and here's why: they make me crazyinsane

Funniest character: cheryl my darling

Best-looking character: madchen amich I would do anything. also skeet ulrich. and Betty in those coveralls...

3 favourite ships: BERONICA, chiccharles, jabitha. I had a harder time with this than I expected..

Least favourite character: for a long time it was jughead but I've finally come around. I hated Betty's fbi boyfriend 😑

Least favourite ship: bughead :(

Reason why I watch it: worlds best television show

Why I started watching it: I was there from the jump actually, watched the pilot the week it came out, I think just bc it was getting lots of hype. it was ironic for a bit but I was genuinely enjoying it pretty early on

[lindamccartneysstrap]

PLEASE watch riverdale. It’s the funniest show on television

I keep meaning to I watched like 2 episodes and forgor

[utopians]

sorry but what fucking mirror dimension does this person live in. What is this

[berenstein]

guys the spotify wrapped set is literally so close to being done but a bunch of people i know irl decided to make fun of riverdale at the same time bc of the most recent episode so ive taken some time off gifmaking to make a slideshow presentation on why it is the funniest show on television actually. not to worry though i will post the spotify wrapped set tomorrow night!!!!

[language-sanctuary]

Hispanic TV Shows Recs (with poc/queer rep)

I’ve decided on doing a post about the most known tv shows in Spanish and I am focusing on shows with POC and queer representation because I am POC and queer, no other reason. Enjoy! 

La Casa de las Flores: A rich Mexican family discovers that the patriarch has a hidden life and a hidden family. Very entertaining series and has queer and trans characters (although the trans woman is played by a cis man, which I find... questionable, but I find the whole thing very respectful, talks a lot about transphobia and homophobia in my cis opinion), which is surprising for a series made in such a conservative country. Definitely recommend! Has been the origin material of many Mexican memes. Link to trailer 

Juana Inés: Mexican miniseries about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, from when she was a young teen until her death. Very dark academia, gorgeous cinematography and very accurate from what I could tell. Really really recommend! Link to trailer 

La Casa de Papel: I haven’t watched this one but everyone I know who has is obsessed with it. It’s an heist Spanish tv series, and has good queer and POC rep. Link to trailer

Club de cuervos: This was Netflix’s first Hispanic original series. Has very famous Mexican actors and it’s about two siblings trying to take control of their father’s sports team. Link to trailer 

Elite: A Spanish series about a private school called “Las Encinas” that welcomes three students from the working class. I’d describe this as the Spanish Riverdale, lots of teen drama, lots of sex and tension between students. Also has murder and investigations. Not my cup of tea but might be yours! Link to trailer 

Desenfrenadas: A coming of age story about a group of four young adults that go on a roadtrip in Mexico. Good story, amazing cast, very good musical choices, original! Link to trailer

Las chicas del cable: Set in 1928 in Madrid, Spain. Four women have just been hired in a new telecommunications company. Definitely a character-focused story, but I really dig it. Has a wlw couple and strong female characters! Link to trailer 

El ministerio del tiempo: The premise of this show is INSANE. A secret Spanish government organization that only very few people know about which purpose is to prevent that time travelers change the present time. I haven’t watched it either but it’s next on my To Watch list. Link to trailer 

Merlí: This is a series that follows the format of “Literature/Philosophy professor challenges their students’ view of their world through knowledge”, very similar to Dead Poets Society. You will learn a lot about different philosophers! (Addition by @lookingat-the-moon: Merlí is a Catalan TV show. The OG is in Catalan and then they translated it into Spanish. After Merlí you can also watch “Merlí: Sapere Aude” that it’s like a continuation of the story) Link to trailer 

La jauría: This Chilean series just came out this year and follows an all-male group that is called “La Jauría” that assault female students from a catholic school, and the investigation that follows to take them down. Very empowering and with feminist values. Could be potentially triggering but if you like crime shows this might be right up your alley. Link to trailer. 

Hernán: This series is about the Spanish colonization that happened in the 15th century in American territories. I haven’t watched it because it pisses me off that the focus is on the colonizer and the event still hurts even six centuries later but I’ve heard is good! I consider it important to watch historical series about very rarely touched issues and it was extremely researched. It is still mixed people talking about indigenous people’s history but I haven’t watched it and cannot emit an opinion. Link to first episode 

La Rosa de Guadalupe: I guess I don’t have to tell you what this series is about. You know, I know you know but I’ll do it anyway. Just pure madness, the craziest situations about teen pregnancy, kidnappings, anime-loving teens, predators, addictions, just everything, but manages to be funny as hell because the acting is so incredibly bad. Link to the funniest and most memeable thing you’ll ever see. 

Mi marido tiene más familia: A Mexican telenovela that made news because it was the first widely distributed series with a gay teen couple. Link to all episodes 

Amar a muerte: Also a Mexican telenovela, also with a homosexual relationship, but this time is between two young women, Juliana and Valentina. I think they’re making a spin-off series based only on them?? Link to trailer and the trailer of Juliantina 

El chavo del ocho: Probably the most iconic children show in Mexico’s history. It started being televised in 1973 and it’s a situational comedy about a homeless child that lives in a neighborhood helped by his friends, and the funny situations he somehow gets himself in. Has had incredible impact to Mexican pop-culture. Very charming characters. Full episodes can be found on Youtube! Link to playlist

Here’s my ko-fi if you wanna compensate me for the time and effort I put into my blog! 

[laylakeating]

CREATIONS FROM EVERY MONTH OF 2023! (except october but we're not going to talk abt that !!)

Post your favourite and most popular post from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months).

i was tagged by two of the Most talented girlies in the world !! @saw-x and @taiturner ILYYYYY ty for sharing what your brilliant minds came up with this year !!!

JANUARY

MOST POPULAR: britt + karma !! i had so much fun with this set and it was honestly such a good way to start off the year !! FAVOURITE: probably that same set !! also the glee icons pack i made :D

FEBRUARY

MOST POPULAR: from my blog, britt + mike in 207 shsjhs. from teen dramas, brooke in 207 (one of my fave looks of hers) (this was clearly a month for the seventh episodes in second seasons ??) FAVOURITE: barchie + high infidelity for barchiesource !! something a bit different for me creatively but ugh i love it. also glee 514 for gleesource !! again something a lil different !!

MARCH

MOST POPULAR: riverdale returning to television and proving it takes the cake as the funniest show in the world (another rvd is iconic and beyond reproach set for 701) FAVOURITE: a banger month for creative sets !! basically everything i made for barchie week, this unholy trinity MASTERPIECE i made for gleesource, and this djats set + destiny, choice, chance

APRIL

MOST POPULAR: my favourite scene from djats for djats week in green bc apparently i like to make things hard for myself ?? who knew FAVOURITE: again. SO MANY. another month another appreciation week shsjhs. anyway all the sets i made for djats week, more sets for gleesource including santana + valerie and mercedes and santana + river deep mountain high, my santana lesbian visibility set, hsmtmts + tarot cards which took me wayyyy too long to finish, rvd ladies + barbie posters (50s edition), and barchie in 701 for barchiesource in RED (very proud of how it turned out considering i hate giffing in red)

MAY

MOST POPULAR: quinn + tropes for glee appreciation week !! FAVOURITE: everything i made for glee week (there were quite a few bangers), my 2 9-1-1 sets shjshsj - maddie + you first (a banger) and madney + paper rings (another banger), also the first (and only rip) set in my layla episodes series (layla + 101), and this jordayla + proposal foreshadowing i did over on jordayla gifs !!

JUNE

MOST POPULAR: this halle bailey set <33 FAVOURITE: once again. everything i made for all american appreciation week !!! special shout outs to layla + the eras tour and the layla set i made for day 1 !!

JULY

MOST POPULAR: nancy + the wizard of oz horror (that makes sense i swear) FAVOURITE: the aforementioned nancy set, also stancy + persuasion, the little mermaid live action and the quote that made me insane for a few weeks, layla + the lip pout she does (she's adorable), AND last but certainly not least, this pride and prejudice edit which was just nothing like i have ever done before that i LOVEDDDD

AUGUST

MOST POPULAR: ashlyn + giving maddox mouth to mouth (her delivery of AS A FRIEND still sends me into orbit) FAVOURITE: HSMTMTS MONTH BABEYYYYY !! fave sets include (but are not limited to there are too many) gina for hsmtmts week, fave songs (also for hsmtmts week), rina + maybe this time + motion blur (THIS TOOK ME WAY TOO LONG BTW), this antoine set bc he is an icon, madlyn + daylight (still a serve), rina + invisible string (to this day the most insane thing i have ever made), hsmtmts + a meme summary (just your regularly unhinged content honestly), and this jet/maddox set <33

SEPTEMBER

MOST POPULAR: this cinderella 1950 set in pink/blue <3 FAVOURITE: okay so we have ej playing cupid/being a love prophet HSJHSJ, TWO icon packs, one for olivia rodrigo and one for lexie grey, and also the britt + her love for my headband set bc it was the only other thing i made in september and i was worried it'd get lonely

OCTOBER

MOST POPULAR: apparently you have to post something for it to be popular FAVOURITE: i made many sets in my mind dw

NOVEMBER

MOST POPULAR: blair looking excellent (as always) for teendramas !! FAVOURITE: finn + bigger than the whole sky (part of my glee midnights series) (a true labour of love) (still obsessed with it btw)

DECEMBER

MOST POPULAR: percy !!!! for pjosource FAVOURITE: everything i made for 12 days of rina (there are only 5 days rip), and OF COURSE, to round the year off with a bang, the extraordinarily belated 2k celebration set for justine, AKA dair + midnights !!!!!!!!!

tagging some beloveds <3 @alinaastarkov, @jordanlayla, @katherines, @kayascodelorio, @perccyjackson, @yenvengerberg !!

[colorisbyshe]

☕️ house md……

SCREAM i forgot i queued an opinion thing so i was just staring at the asks in my inbox like... why are people sending me emojis with random topics

ANYWAYS if you watch house as a satire of the medical drama genre... it's a fucking masterpiece. "what if all the doctors were pieces of shit" is exactly the content everyone NEEDS because it's the best accidental indictment of the medical industry ever shdgkjsdgd

also... i think calling him gregory HOUSE with his WILSON is the funniest... most unnecessary Holmes/Watson reference ever like did they rly need to make the sherlock allusion even more obvious

but anyways everyone should watch this show. it's hannibal if everyone wanted each other dead even more than what you'd expect from a cannibal show. it's riverdale if was about old men with too much power. it's glee without the music

just absolute SHIT TIER television and i own the entire thing on blu ray

[lesbiandarvey]

thank you @halfthebrain for tagging me to post my top 15 shows 💕🫶

number one gotta go sports night i mean. ive been talking about it for almost 2 years now dan rydell babygirl forever.

2. suits im watching that rn loving it

3. seth meyers “corrections” probably the funniest show ive seen maybe ever

4. curb your enthusiasm . hilarious

5. the west wing

6. the americans definitely a “everyone should see this show before they die” show

7. hbo’s big little lies literally perfect television no notes absolutely incredible

8. supernatural

9. ohmygod riverdale!! how could i forget my bestie the cw’s riverdale

10. the daily show jon stewart era

11. stargate atlantis

12. six feet under! very good i only on like episode 7 rn bu crazy ass show

13. fuck im running out oh okay veep. love it

14. superstore

15. mash

tagging leo @soleadita cus we have the same taste in shows and anyone else who wants to do this!

[cordeliaflyte]

i resumed watching riverdale and truly it's one of the funniest shows on television sorry for being basic. i do not care about any of the characters though

[cliveguy]

hey, king. i wanted to thank you for your riverdale posting bc i didn’t know there were other insane ppl on this website i could talk about the show + the insanity that is archie’s weird adventure with 💖 i had a realization today that the reason i find it so entertaining (other than the fact that i’m gay & it is one of the most genius pieces of cinematic history) is bc i watched cw’s hit television series supernatural when i was like. 12-16 & since then, things just haven’t been the same in my brain on, like. a mental level even though i am now 20 😌💞 the aguirre-sacasa long con is genuinely up there as one of the funniest moments in television history, and i’m so happy to see other gay archie/jarchie long con truthers out there who believe in the power of cease & desist pettiness 💖 they WILL all be gay by the end, and i just think that’s wonderful 💞 see you at the next lobotamy club meeting xoxo

YESS yw riverdale is literally the natural progression of cw shows post-spn... we went from crowley saying girl power to cheryl saying queerphobic <3 but i truly do think that the jarchie long con (tjlc, if you will) has to be real in some way because roberto IS insane and HAS worked his way towards this for decades. cant wait to tune in this week and see veronica divorce her husband, come out, and get with betty!