#initially i thought most of the horror would be derived from pia having to attempt to fit into her bf's fucked up little hometown/family

[karinyosa]

loch henry was interesting, but i found the microaggressions (mostly directed at pia) toward the beginning kind of odd. i understand that the episode takes place in a small probably more conservative town and that was maybe the point they were trying to get across, but some of those moments were heavyhanded and direct in a way that made me assume they were at least going to comprise a subplot or subtheme of some sort, especially since they were happening so frequently toward the beginning. like especially with the pronoun and diversity references, those feel like such internet conservative talking points to me that it felt like one of those moments where i was being looked back at through the screen for a reaction. i thought it was really odd that the writers seemingly forgot about that element like a quarter way through the story. i just feel like everything about the way they did all that was strange. am i alone in that?