#rayanne graff

[amatesura]

Claire Danes and A.J. Langer in My So-Called Life (1994-1995)

[sweetjollylooks]

[mistysnat]

share 9 of your fictional crushes and let everyone guess your type

thanks for tagging me @mistyquigly !

tagging: @vijinxx @lesbiantahani @lesbianlotties @lottieurl @bisexualnatalies @natscatorccio @natorccio @rahnesinclair @misty-caligula @bisexualnatalies @natalielottie @lewyn-martell @sevens-evan @cowwgirl

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My So Called Life

[polniaczek]

Rayanne: Now you've got an iron-clad, perfect excuse never to talk to me again. You should be celebrating. Sharon: You think I'm happy about this? Somebody I care about has been hurt.

MY SO-CALLED LIFE (1994–1995) | 1.17 “Betrayal”

[dirt-cake-doll]

[trueloveisangelan]

and I love you, it's ruining my life...

I touched you for only a fortnight..

[asexual-juliet]

[thrumydarkness]

People throwing themselves at people is, like, the basis of civilization. -Rayanne of My So Called Life (my all time favorite show)

[goodlookingforagirl]

Rayanne Graff and Sharon Cherski would have been end game if MSCL had 5+ seasons, change my mind

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

the thing is as i may have mentioned before i'm usually not that animated by reading stuff as gay if it's just like............ nice. you know? like if it's just like two guys or two women who like each other a lot and are very affectionate towards each other, i mean depending on the context i may enjoy that as a ship, but it's not interesting to me as subtext, which is a different impulse. to find it an enriching reading of the actual text, as opposed merely a fun bonus to be silly about on the internet, the fact that these people are gay but no one's saying it like that has to be something that adds color to the portrait of what is wrong with them. so like: rayanne graff's entire Deal falls into a certain beautiful and compelling clarity if you consider she is gay and wants to fuck angela but can't and maybe can't even articulate that to herself. citizen kane, i'm not really ready to talk about this one still but iykyk. in zodiac - i mean, the actual and ultimate peak of this in the history of cinema? perhaps??? (no offense to heat @power-chords it's just that heat takes place over like a week while zodiac spans years like literally these men are being destroyed over the course of decades........). like in zodiac it's not just that robert downey jr. acts opposite every scene jake gyllenhaal so flirtatiously it's literally crazy, like sometimes when i'm lying awake at night wondering if zodiac was gay on purpose or by accident i think it has to be by accident because if rdj was doing that to be gay on purpose it's arguably borderline homophobic, it's that homophobia-induced self-repression makes jake gyllenhaal go so fucking insane he literally (maybe) solves the zodiac killings (which in itself is like i mean the whole Thing of the movie is a lack of closure so reading that thread as gay thematically reinforces what's going on in the rest of the plot which is that your entire life can be ruined forever by this thing you'll never actually be able to put into words or understand completely.......). anyway. all that is a long way of saying this is one of many reasons that succession was the greatest show of all time always and forever hallelujah amen.

[dreatine]

Five Comfort Characters,Five Tags

I was tagged by the awesome @illegalcerebral !

1. Willow Rosenberg from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

2. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds

3. Rayanne Graff from My So Called Life

4. Leo McGarry from The West Wing

5. Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order.

Tagging: @andiebeaword , @fortheloveofwonderland , @aperrywilliams , @smurphyse , @a-broken-pact

[booksandabeer]

8 Shows To Know Me

Thank you to the lovely Em @between-a-ship-and-a-hard-place for tagging me! I love doing these, although I sometimes tend to get a little lost because how can I pick only eight? There are so many! Ok, I'm forcing myself not to overthink this, so here we go:

My So-Called Life

God how I loved this show as a teenager. I was a bit too young for it when it first aired, but once I discovered it a few years after it was cancelled (this is really an all-time top contender in the 'tragically cancelled too soon' category), I watched it over and over again. When I was 13, my entire wardrobe was modelled after Rayanne Graff--hair, clothes, everything. I even carried lollipops around with me! I wanted to be her so bad. I also very obviously--though not to me at the time--had a giant crush on her. Oh well.

ER

I put this here because ER was the first TV show that I can remember actively following week after week. I haven't seen an episode of it in years, so I have no idea if it holds up, but it was such a staple of my tv diet for more than a decade (15 seasons!) that I can't not mention it here.

Severance

Probably my favorite (new) show of last year. As someone who spent years working an office job, slowly climbed up the corporate ladder, and then one day blinked and said "fuck this shit, I'm going back to university!", this show spoke to my soul. The way it examines the absurd and often dehumanizing elements of "workplace culture" and all the hierarchical and interpersonal bullshit attached to it in such a smart & funny way made me swoon with admiration. Also, this could've gotten in on aesthetics alone because the production design on this show is fucking fantastic.

Wynonna Earp

I love this show but it really serves as a stand-in here for a whole bunch of slightly pulpy, slightly campy, queer genre shows that often have a bigger heart than budget, of which I have watched many with GREAT enthusiasm (see also: IWtV, Shadow & Bone, the first season of Sleepy Hollow, etc.) It also gives me an excuse to use this gif of Melanie Scrofano wielding a sword.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Listen. I'm not saying this is a good show. But have I watched it? Multiple times even? Yes. I have. I mean, Bucky fucking Barnes is in it, and I happen to have no self-control and a huge capacity for torturing myself when it comes to this character. The brief here was not to list 'The Best' shows, but the ones that say something about me. And well, it would be ridiculous to pretend that the MCU--for better or worse--has not made up a huge part of my media consumption over the past 15 years.

Band of Brothers

I have lost track of how many times I have watched these 10 episodes in my life. Other people do a yearly rewatch of The Lord of the Rings, I do one of BoB. I realize that's a little weird maybe, but the hold these characters still have on me after all these years is insane. No one will ever break my heart like Eugene Roe in the "Bastogne" episode. Also, this is a great example of how I tend to hyperfixate on topics that I had no previous interest in once I see a movie or a TV show about them that I really like. I've read so many books about D-Day. *shakes head* (see also: The Terror, Chernobyl, The Serpent)

The Last of Us

*points to pfp* You didn't think this wasn't going to be on here, did you? Of course it is! I LOVE the game this is based on with all my heart. I've spent countless hours playing it. I even wrote a paper about it! I was so, so nervous about the adaptation, but it turned out to be better than I ever dared to hope.

BoJack Horseman

I'm not really into cartoons. I'm not really into half-hour comedies. I would have never watched this show if a friend hadn't quite literally sat on me one day, and forced me to at least watch one episode. And you know what? It's really funny! It's also one of the smartest shows about existential loneliness and depression I've ever seen. It's at times almost unbearably painful to watch. And it stars a cartoon horse voiced by Will Arnett. Who would've thought? Not me!

No-pressure tagging: @somanywords, @tessabennet, @village-skeptic, @burninblood, @maplefiasco, @aimmyarrowshigh

[hejihra]

8 shows to get to know me by

I was tagged by the lovely @emiliosandozsequence 💜

Rectify - This is a show that absolutely destroyed me. It's very heavy at times, and some of the subject matter can hit home and be quite triggering. However there is a sense of light, and that even though all this bad has happened it'll be ok.

The Americans - if you want a show that maintains its momentum for 6 seasons look no further. It's packed full of crazy moments, and incredible music. Also it makes me insane knowing that the 2 lead actors got married because they reunited on this show after like 20 years(??)

Better Call Saul - listen...they may have lost at the emmys but they're winners in my heart. This is not only a prequel but a sequel to Brba. The tone/visual shift in this show imo is one of its strongest points. Along with the incredible acting/writing, it's a fun time.

Friday Night Lights - I don't know what they put into this show, but I now love football...so yeah.

Broadchurch - never did watch the 3rd season, but 1 & 2 are perfect and wrap up everything nicely so I didn't feel the need to continue. Again you're dealing with some heavy material, and Olivia Coleman is in it so idk what else you could want.

Sharp Objects - This is a short 8 episode series based off of the book by Gillian Flynn, and it's a pretty good adaptation. The attention to detail in this show was insane, and the cinematography was stunning( rip to Jean-Marc Vallée )

True Detective - like most people I'll be talking about S1 of this series, and that's cause so far it's the best 1 to have come out. Nothing has topped it, it was an 8 episode home run. I don't think I've ever felt this satisfied while watching something, because it leaves no questions unanswered.

My so called life - this didn't deserve to get canceled. Like you don't understand how crazy this makes me. Rayanne Graff I love you 4 ever 💕

I'll tag - @deadwivesclub , @iskarieot , @quinnmagdalene ,@sahtrn , @iloveyoumorethangod

Don't feel any pressure to do this, I just feel like y'all have good taste.

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me

[polniaczek]

what the writers planned to communicate with this scene: rayanne wishes she were angela because she admires her innocence or something

what the writers actually wrote and underlined with a glitter gel pen, sprayed with perfume, and kissed with lipstick: rayanne has developed limerent feelings for angela that can most aptly be compared to the feelings of angela's ex-boyfriend 💋