I’m still not over what happened in the season 2 finale. Like what the fuck. So to cope I wanted to draw two of my faves from the season especially Pugsley. He is just so adorable I can’t!
Can I just say, the way TV shows work now is so disheartening. I just read an article about another queer show being cancelled after one season and it's just really sad. There's no more of just shows coming out on TV, or other services , being not so popular at first but then at like season 3 they get immensely popular or maybe they don't but they're still loved by a group of people even if it isn't the biggest crowd. There are so many shows that you definitely have heard of that were not the most popular when the first season came out, for example the office didn't peak till like the fifth season, breaking bad gained popularity just before the fourth season, and game of thrones peaked at about season five. I haven't watched any of those but they are some of the most popular TV shows I can think of and so imagine if they had been cancelled after one season?? just because they hadn't quite reached a zillion views yet.
I was watching this lovely show called night sky on amazon prime, It was a refreshing and original Sci fi show choosing to follow two older protagonists rather than a young couple. And I thought that was awesome and I really was enjoying this show, till it ended on a cliff hanger and then I found out there was never going to be a second season.
No more hidden gems, no more chances for shows to build up a plot and an audience over time just one season and if it doesn't get stranger things big then it's over, doesn't matter how much story was planned out or how much is left unsaid. Sometimes they get more than one season but often they still never get to finish their story.
So many shows potential for representation and great stories are thrown down the drain when the big boss decides it isn't making them enough money. Because that's just it, it's always about money. Because if it's not making the multimillionaire streaming services richer then what's the point?
I'm so angry that Willow has been canceled and we're just barely getting scraps for ALOTO, but even more than angry, I'm just so tired-- i know streaming is awful in general for art, but the specific targeted cancellations of sapphic shows again and again is just so fucking exhausting
Fans deserve better, creators deserve better, wlw deserve better-- our stories matter regardless of what any network has to say about it
Edit: We've since that the reporting about Willow was clickbaity and in reality the show is going on a hiatus, not being canceled altogether. I'm really glad about that, but even so, I think given the overall trend of canceling sapphic shows, my point still stands
Edit again: Disney's removing Willow from Disney+ entirely because it's not enough to be cancelling our representation, the trend now is to erase us entirely so they can screw over writers by not paying them residuals, so, in summation: fuck Disney and every other streaming service
🤗🥰🤗The classic found family trope always be my favorite trope in media, whether live-action or animated, it's incredibly heartwarming and it gets me everytime!🤗🥰🤗
Hello fellow Netflix watchers! Every week Netflix publishes their Top 10 charts for us to see what's doing well (and what isn't). And every week I check to see how the new queer shows are doing. This year has been a real mixed bag for us. Netflix has renewed several big hits like Heartstopper, Heartbreak High, & The Sandman, but buried others like First Kill and The Imperfects under bigger releases and no marketing campaign. It's frustrating and exhausting to say the least, and it might be happening again.
If you have been meaning to watch the Bastard Son and the Devil Himself but you haven't yet, you should do it now while your viewing matters (only the first 28 days are counted, yes it's stupid). It had a big increase for its second week and then dropped off the map for week three, not a good sign. If you already watched it, you should throw it on in the background a couple times, volume low but not muted (or it won't be counted), and make sure to stream the entire season. Netflix cares about two things: hours viewed and completion rates. Good hours but a low completion rate is still bad as it signals a lack of interest in future seasons. This is why the Sandman's renewal took so long, because people were watching it slowly. That's nobody’s fault, bingeing isn't for everyone, and some shows are better as a slow burn experience. Unfortunately it's how Netflix gathers its data.
So, what I recommend is re-streaming your faves after you finish them, several times if you can. If you're not ready to watch a show yet, or don't have interest in it, but still want to support queer media, you can stream it on a laptop or your phone while you're not using it (I stream on my laptop while I'm watching on my TV). It might not seem like much, but it's what we can do.
Here's the link to the charts as well as some visuals.
More than doubling hours, great!
Dropping by more than half off the global chart, yikes. Dropping off more than 2/3 of countries top 10 charts, yikes. You can't save a cancelled show, but you can stream it while it still counts! And while we're here, please go check out Dead End: Paranormal Park (trans, gay, bisexual and autism rep!), Warrior Nun and Young Royals, all just released new seasons. Let's grow their audience and give Netflix every reason to renew them again!
We've joined another fandom collab. This time it's a month-long watch along. An introduction to a variety of cancelled shows meant to showcase the different stories that were wrongly kept from continuing.
We'll be meeting at discord (https://discord.gg/w53ErTt9cs). Each time for approximately 2h starting from the first episode. It's chat only, no mics.
Full schedule under the cut 1:
1st of October (Sunday) 12-2PM EST/18:00-20:00 CEST
Inside Job
2nd of October (Monday) 1-3PM EST/19:00-21:00 CEST
Rise of the Pink Ladies
5th of October (Thursday) 5-7PM EST/23:00-1:00 (6th) CEST
The Society
7th of October (Saturday) 4-6PM EST/22:00-0:00 CEST
First Kill
10th of October (Tuesday) 4-6PM EST/22:00-0:00 CEST
A League of Their Own
11th of October (Wednesday) 3-5PM EST/21:00-23:00 CEST
Santa Clarita Diet
14th of October (Saturday) 5:30-7:30PM EST/23:30-1:30 (15th) CEST
Dead End: Paranormal Park
15th of October (Sunday) 2-4PM EST/20:00-22:00 CEST
Lockwood & Co.
18th of October (Wednesday) 6-8PM EST/(19th) 0:00-2:00 CEST
The OA
19th of October (Thursday) 4-6PM EST/22:00-0:00 CEST
1899
21st of October (Saturday) 6-8PM EST/(22nd) 0:00-2:00 CEST
Fate: The Winx Saga
23rd of October (Monday) 5-7PM EST/23:00-1:00 (24th) CEST
Infinity Train
24th of October (Tuesday) 6-8PM EST/(25th) 0:00-2:00 CEST
Willow
28th of October (Saturday) 6:30-8:30PM EST/ (29th) 0:30-2:30 CEST
Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
29th of October (Sunday) 4-6PM EST/21:00-23:00 CET
Inside Job (Cont'd)
1 I used https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ to convert times.
They're finally here! Parkvember prompts! More info will be coming at a later date, but we also have a Discord for the challenge, whoo!
If you're tagged below, you were either someone who encouraged my antics or seemed excited for these to come out! Can't wait to see what y'all come up with throughout November.
Day 7 of Parkvember! Deathslide! I wanted to find a good song for Badyah because she’s amazing but then I found THIS song from my old hyperfixation and I simply had to do what had to be done.