#ogie eincorn

[poc-dreamcast]

Waitress Dreamcast

Phillipa Soo as Jenna Hunterson

Michael Maliakel as Doctor Jim Pomatter

Jacqueline B. Arnold as Becky

Anna Uzele as Dawn Pinkett

Zachary Noah Piser as Ogie Eincorn

Tamar Greene as Cal

George Takei as Old Joe

[iridescentkippen]

i just now remembered that ogie is short for oklahoma and sometimes it’s the little things like that that make me miss being in waitress :(

[phierecycled]

I want to live to see the day Andrew Rannells plays Ogie in Waitress.

[michsmeesh]

ahem. its valentines day innit. so. everyone. take these crappily edited cards.

happy v day y’all ♥ i’m lonely ♥

[gingerbread-castle]

so @simp4bwayladies and i were talking and we came up with....:

wlw waitress

this would include

every canon couple is wlw now

except earl. he’s still earl, and he’s still horrible, and we still hate him with our entire souls

anyway! casting ideas:

philippa soo as dr. pomatter. imagine you matter to me!! imagine it!!! it would be so beautiful i would simply pass away

helena bonham carter (not a stage actress to my knowledge, correct me if i’m wrong, but still) as cal. yes this is very different from her usual roles but she’d still be great at it!! she has the ✨vibes✨

ashley park as ogie. ok this seems super random but again, i think she’d be amazing ♥️♥️♥️ we also thought of genesis lynea or aimie atkinson

we also added an au note where joe doesn’t die but earl does

feel free to add on!!

[anxioustheatrenerd]

hi, i’m auditioning for the role of eurydice and i’ll be singing “when he sees me” from waitress

[queerwashingmedia]

The Dogged Nice Guy and the Rule of Romantic

The Rule of Romantic is one of the most used tropes when it comes to sitcoms, even when we might not notice it: everything that might happen (as far as romantic relationships go), no matter how unlikely, will be excuse by the fact that it or its context is deemed romantic by the audience.

Or at least it is supposed to.

This can come in play with really ordinary things, like two characters finding each other after meeting randomly one time with no reason to find one another again or try to, or the tears of one character bringing back to life their beloved in a universe in which that has no reason to work that way.

But it can also take a darker turn: this is were the Dogged Nice Guy comes in play.

We all know nice guys: men that insist they are absolute gentlemen and have a deep respect for women, but that as soon as one rejects them reveal their true nature as some of the worst misogynists out there, demanding that women have relationships with them since they have been so nice, often times insulting them for allegedly “getting with men that will treat them awfully when they could have been with him”.

In media this kind of behaviour is often seen when the nice guy does not lose his mask, but keeps pushing, pursuing a woman clearly not interested in him, never understanding- or at least caring- that what they are doing not only is not appropriate, but can make all those involved extremely uncomfortable.

But why is this trope so close to the Rule of Romantic?

The Dogged Nice Guycan have only so many outcomes, and unfortunately none of them is the show condamning his actions.

One of the most common ones is the application of the Rule of Romantic: after years of harrassment, the woman in question is worn down by the costant inappropriate displays of affection and ultimately falls in love with the Nice Guy.

The audiene is supposed to have been rooting for them the whole time, and be satisfied with this outcome, that shows how with some persevearence love can win every heart.

We see this in very many cases: most famous are Penny Teller and Leonard Hofstadter from the Big Bang Theory, with Leonard pining for Penny for the first seasons, or, looking outside sitcoms, Ogie Eincorn and Dawn Pinkett in Waitress, best displayed by the song Never Getting Rid Of Me.

In both cases the Nice Guys get what they want, are rewarded for their awful behaviour, and end up glorifying what is plain harrassment.

Link to Rule of Romantic and Dogged Nice Guy trope pages for anyone interested

[poc-dreamcast]

Danny Pudi as Ogie Eincorn

[poc-dreamcast]

Jordan Barrow as Ogie Eincorn

[poc-dreamcast]

Robin de Jesús as Ogie Eincorn

[iridescentkippen]

you know the feeling of 1:36-1:39 of never getting rid of me from waitress bc those three seconds are engrained in my brain and i wouldn’t be mad if they were projected on my grave they just,,,, are so good please i would die for ogie