FUCK DISCOVERY HERE'S THE 4 SEASONS OF INFINITY TRAIN
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My partner made a comment about how this episode fed into “bury your gays” and like, while his heart was in the right place with the critique, I felt so strongly the opposite way
Like on its face, yes, two gay men died…. But like, in a show about a zombie apocalypse where we’re tracking at least 1 Major Character Death per episode, Bill & Frank are triumphant compared to every other character. They got to live to be old and gray together after a life of relatively peaceful flourishing. They chose their deaths on their own terms, a luxury most people don’t get in this world. They got to die together, in each others arms, neither left to live and suffer alone. They got to go with dignity, autonomy, and love, in peace, together. They got to choose. They made their end meaningful. They were happy and satisfied and fulfilled. Everything that gay characters are so often not afforded in life, much less in death.
Not only that, but narratively speaking, their deaths were used in exact opposition to “bury your gays.” The trope was created to reinforce that being gay is a sin, that gays must die as punishment for their evil ways. It’s intended to be a narrative consequence, the moral of the story, a warning to its audience.
But the deaths of Bill and Frank were used as closure to a story arc about living a happy, fulfilled life with your partner. Even further than that, their arc was used to demonstrate that there is meaning in life because we choose to create meaning, that purpose is found in each other, in loving someone, even at the end of the world. They are held up as an example of what to strive for, of a reason to keep living, of something to pursue. It is completely antithetical to bury your gays and is in fact a brilliant subversion of it in that it grounds the purpose of the narrative itself.
Tl;dr: TLOU really said love wins.
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Underrated Joel dad moment from episode 9 is when Ellie drops the ladder on him and runs off. He doesn't know why she's running or what she's seen and he's so panicked. The way he says her name is just so laden with fear. Muttering under his breath, "just wait, goddamn it. just wait." Even then he's so scared of not being able to catch up because he just never manages it. He's always playing catch up and he's always too late.
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RIP Angus Cloud :(
Euphoria S02E01 ‘Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door’
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“Just give me one more good day. Starting now. Make me some toast. Then take me to the boutique, where I’ll pick out outfits for us. You’ll wear what I ask, and we’ll get married. And you’ll cook a delicious dinner. Then you will crush all of these up, put them in my wine. I will drink it. Then you will take me by my hand, bring me to our bed, and I will fall asleep in your arms.”
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