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What if I tell you that the ending of the original Lilo and Stitch was important because Nani fighting tooth and nail for custody over Lilo takes place against a history of the separation of Indigenous families? What if I tell you that the ending of the original Lilo and Stitch was important because it shows that Nani was not inherently a bad guardian, just a young overwhelmed woman who needed a support system and not punishment (just like many families esp Black and Brown single mothers do)?

And then Disney spat upon that ending for the live action remake?

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i'm really thinking about it and i don't think there's any other way for severance to have a happy ending besides polyamory

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Honestlyyyy I’m so delighted that Severance of all shows gave us representation of the specific queer experience of thinking you might be getting invited into a threesome and then discovering you’re instead going to hear about Christianity

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they should have hugged🥺

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*looking completely normal and composed while I bleed from every orifice* Severance is. well. it's pretty cool.

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The absolute power move of Dropout changing their price (by a single dollar) for new and returning subscribers and not the folks already paying for the service???

And the fact that they made the announcement with enough time for people to subscribe at the current price before the increase takes affect if they wanted???

Sam you’re the only sorta rich boy I respect

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Severance isn't looking like its going to end in polyamory but can't we all just dream for a moment?

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You literally didn't even have to tell me Tristan used to be a cheerleader but the confirmation *is* nice

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I truly appreciate Doctor Odyssey's commitment to saying 'We can never Jump the Shark if we just start out in season one full-tilt with Battling Orcas'

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as we’ve seen so far on severance, dan erickson and the writing team have really been leaning on themes and plot lines that satisfy certain storytelling motifs in unique ways, such as the concept of “what is the self” told from the point of view of someone whose consciousness is split in half. so, if we follow the through line, we can see that it would be too simple, too predictable if mark ended up with helly or gemma. you know what type of storyline we rarely get to see, and on top of that, that we get to see done well? polyamory. and this is how markhellygemma can still win

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Every time they say some random machine or medical device that they probably wouldn’t have on a cruise ship I think about how Max brought a bunch of new machines when he came on the ship and Avery and Tristan were annoyed at him for showing off and being fancy.

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I love bimbos on boats the show it's so fucking bonkers. they have themed weekly cruises. yeah normal things like plastic surgery. where to? don't know doesn't matter don't think about it. don johnson is there AND hes the captain. there are 34 separate things going on at all times. plastic surgery addicted ken doll guy died. and right before joshua jackson understood the concept of bisexuality at that. a girl licherally did so much coke her nose FELL!!!!!!!!!! OF!!!!!!! while leisurely chilling at the pool. they had to improvise a none skin graft solution because someone's tits were necrotic from frostbite. need i remind u that they are on A CRUISE SHIP. they only have three characters there is no plot no supporting cast no nothing. just a possible threesome and a dream.

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dr odyssey cutting from the threesome to the suicide hotline they really said NEVER kill yourself... there's still insane network tv threesomes to watch

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scrolling through ao3, once again realising the one fic I want to read is the one I have to write.

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I think the reason Doctor Odyssey is so great is because all of the plotlines (both the personal melodrama of the characters and the actual medical emergencies) feel like the kind of plotlines that a show would usually only pull out like ten seasons after the show has already run it's natural course but Doctor Odyssey has had that manic, this-might-as-well-happen energy since episode 1 like what do you mean we're getting zombie apocalypse, appendectomy in a hurricane, shark attacks, syphillis epidemic, threesome in the suicide episode, John Stamos with auto-brewery syndrome, pregnancy, exploratory surgery with no blood antibiotics or power, accidental straight couple on the gay cruise, butch lesbian assists in an impromptu double amputation, and Angela Bassett and we're barely halfway through SEASON 1.

Amazing. Beautiful. 10/10. Usually we have to wait like ten years of actual real life to get this kind of quality bullshit.

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Most unrealistic part of this episode so far is that anyone is even trying to call it “Sophisticated Ladies” week. If I was working that charter you could not get me to stop saying Cougar Cruise.

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i never thought i would hear don johnson say "serves the house down boots, mama!" before embracing a drag queen, meeting his brother's two boyfriends, and talking about the concept of polyamory with phillipa soo, but here we are