#renegade nell Disney

[thebeesareback]

I just finished Renegade Nell and

- Poynton is a Faustian nightmare, and Adrian Lister did an absolutely fantastic job. It felt like he was channelling Othello in his magic scene. He's an excellent villain

- Rassalas/Amadin and Roxy are really cute

- I didn't realise, but the actor who plays Charles is Frank Dillane. He played young Voldy in Harry Potter 6, and his father is Stephen Dillane, who played Stannis Baratheon in GOT

- Polly Honeycombe is perfectly named

- Sofia is a Goth Queen

- Louisa Harland had fantastic chemistry with everyone and was just generally a badass

- I don't usually care about fight scenes (Princess Bride aside), but the choreography looks good to me

- tonally, the show is pretty inconsistent, but it kinda works? I appreciate things which can be serious and can be funny, can be dramatic and have honest, human moments

- v strange to think that Tottenham was ever, well, sort of a village. If you've not been there, it's now an especially rough part of London with a rather nasty MP (super antisemetic, still received like 70% of the vote in 2019, if memory serves)

- Joely Richardson looks like she's having a blast every time she's on screen. Good for her

Finally:

- I adore Nick Mohammed when he's on Taskmaster, and he's delightful in this, too. I certainly wouldn't mind having him as my guardian angel fairy imp thingy

[faunshiii]

more renegade nell stuff.... and thank you so much for all the love on my morgana wip whaaatttttt????? i'll post the finished drawing and some other stuff soon :DDDD

[mrgaretcarter]

[serpent-of-hope]

For anything else you want to say about the new show Renegade Nell, I'm deeply appreciative for its sartorial gender subversion. I love that we get to see Nell alternate between and at times actively mix codes of feminine and masculine dress AND that the response to this subversion is an equally mixed reaction of acceptance, confusion, and an absolute grab bag of pronouns and descriptors.

Specifically, I enjoy the refusal of limits. Nell's "disguise" as a nobel woman is complete, believable, and well received. Her "disguise" as a doctor is complete, believable, and well received. Her choice to stand before the queen in military dress is accepted at the same time as she retains the feminine social etiquette of curtsying (even as she does so awkwardly). What we are seeing is a complete refusal of easy categorization and that strategy of opacity is so expertly delivered by Louisa Harland and is so very queer.

I'd love to see a deeper investigation into the costuming of this show, its historical referrants, and the queer readings it elicits

[mcufan1066]

Polly is so enamored with Nell.

And Nell, she doesn't seem to be hating it.

She might be a bit confused, but not hating it.

And Roxy isn't exactly disapproving.

[axinite25]

Can everyone go watch Renegade Nell pls it's funny, with magic, cunty wigs, amazing action and even wlw I don't want it to be cancelled

(Also reviving my love for season 3 Morgana is a plus)

[gotylocks]

Hey. Hey look at me. Yeah you.

You should watch Renegade Nell. Cuz it's awesome. And super different and original. And fun. And a girl gets to beat a lot of ass. And it's like a cowboy story set in 1700s England. And also there's magic. And it's really emotional. And you get to absolutely fall in love with Nell and her sisters Roxy and George. And it uses its historical fiction setting to make statements about class and privilege and prisons and other stuff that feels both in line with the era the story takes place in and can be applied to the modern world, but it never feels like it's shouting at you about its message. And it's an original story that isn't based on anything, isn't a reboot of anything, and we've been starving for stuff like that (especially from Disney).

And uhhh. I think you'd like it. Ok bye.

[orangechickenpillow]

Only one episode into renegade nell but so far I'm loving how they're breaking stereotypical gender roles. I love how Nell is all dirty and messy, with frizzy hair and old clothes, while a lot of the male characters have long, neat hair (wigs) and full faces of makeup. I know historically that was probably normal, but still, it's nice to see a woman during this time period not have makeup or perfect hair.

Also, I genuinely like that Nell gets her shit rocked. She gets punched, the violence toward her is the same as if she were a male character. The characters (so far) don't hold back because she's a woman and make it a point to actually fight her. She just feels so messy and real. And she got to fight in a dress!! And her dislike for that style of clothing wasn't played up to an annoying degree -- she just made an offhand comment about her boobs being out and that was it. The dress didn't impact her fighting, and it just wasn't a big deal.

Anyway, I love how the male characters are more feminine, how Nell is more masculine, how the gender roles blur, and also I now have even more of a big fat lesbian crush on Louisa Harland

[zipadeea]

also, when Nell sees that the theatre troupe woman's water broke and she's like "lol we gotta peace out" and it jumps to Nell literally delivering the baby is peak comedy and also an absolute representation of Nell's character

[autdroid]

I need more people to be watching Renegade Nell. Less because I believe it to be worth watching, though it is a very fun romp, and more because I need more people to be writing fanfiction for it.

[marlagraysonn]

New Renegade Nell Trailer

[gifcity]

Can we get a little commotion for this dress?! Louisa Harland looks iNCREDIBLE

[starkdirewolflove]

Just saw the trailer for this show and looks interesting. Definitely worth a watch to see one of the Derry Girls on screen again 🥳

[tattersailspacedragon]

Go watch Renegade-Nell, because if Disney cancels it I won't be responsible for my actions. It has everything you want in it: action, superpowers, lesbians, a morgana coded character... A potential enemies to lovers lesbian couple... HER

Do I need to say more?

[barbara-on-myspace]

Either I’m going insane, or is NO ONE watching/talking about Renegade Nell? I watched it all and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s a wlw wet dream of a show…am I missing something on why it’s not being actively talked about?

[mcufan1066]

Ladies, your fey heroines

And two of them (possibly all three) are lady kissers.