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On paper, an adult cartoon created by a man where many of the female characters are voiced by men would look deeply misogynistic, and in many cases it is, but I feel like YOLO really stands out from that trend. The main characters are women and they can be loud, gross, and flawed, but in the same way that men in adult television have been allowed to be for years. Women can be funny and imperfect without being reduced to one-note sexist stereotypes and I think this show really displays that. Rachel's male VA does not attempt to put on a shrill, fake "woman's" voice but instead just captures her gruff and assertive personality. There's no joke about her or anyone else having a "man's voice," that's just Rachel and we love her the way she is. Similarly, Michael Cusack dressed in full drag in one scene and that wasn't portrayed as a joke either. Although there are still many men in the show, they are all supporting characters to the ladies' adventures, outright flipping the script on the many shows out there where women are relegated to supporting roles to the men's antics. It is honestly really refreshing.

Of course, above anything I advocate for more adult cartoons with women fully at the lead, like Tuca & Bertie. But I think Michael Cusack and YOLO set a good example of how men can create a good comedy without being allergic to showing women as full people. Sarah and Rachel are both funny and go through a lot of character growth, and Michael really seems to understand that women do not have to be written as a different species than men. It also helps that YOLO's production team is full of women, including the art director and almost all of the co-writers who work with Michael. Women are very much a key part of this show's storytelling and it shows.

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Okay so I HAVE to post about the recent episode of YOLO, so I feel like we not only get to see immense growth from Rachel (her saying “my Sarah” got me kicking my feet and twirling my hair. ALSO RACHEL COMMUNICATING WITH SARAH! “in fact it makes me a little bit jealous so I don’t want to talk about that” LIKE GUYS SEASON ONE RACHEL WOULD NEVER BE THIS RESPECTFUL??!!!)

also we get a bit of Sarah’s backstory regarding her friendship with Trisha. Well it’s not so much of a backstory but a hint that Sarah doesn’t have the best judgment about friendship. She says that “she always used me” so I feel like this is building off of what was resolved in season two. Props to Sarah for being able to recognize toxic relationships (not her and Rachel tho they literally bring out the best in each other)

Honestly I’m so happy that Rachel and Sarah are just having fun, they’re such!!! Lesbians!!!! PLEASE MICHEAL MAKE THEM CANON. This is a very ramble post but I seriously can not stress to you how much I love this show, the subtle character development is just incredible and the characters themselves are just I- can’t even describe it. Erm anyway I will probably make another post like this when the new episode drops.

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i love this fucking show

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fine. FINE!!!!!!!! blorbo of the week is Lucas the Magnificent from YOLO Crystal Fantasy 👉👈 for context; he's a character made by Smiling Friends creator Michael Cusack, originally as a neckbeard atheist caricature based on YouTube;;; you can see him in live action here (and briefly in one of the Smiling Friends episodes on Glep's tablet). and yes, that is actually Michael Cusack playing him 😂

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a silly billy

I dropped Eltingville

Idk I just want to post art.

I’m a Lucas lover fr fr