#so much of what was deleted or changed was better queerer

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The fact that everyone is losing it over Stede calling Ed his boyfriend in a deleted scene shot on a cell phone just underscores for me how thoroughly S2 was de-queered.

They call each other “friends” in the actual show. The season does not end with them holding hands or kissing or anything even though we’re meant to see it as them starting their life together.

Any vaguely polyamorous situation has been erased entirely.

Our sapphic couple follow up “You’re so fucking hot right now” with…a hug. I mean Anne kisses Stede but not her wife? 😩

Max’s dirty fingerprints are all over so much of this. I know some cuts are to be expected for time and flow and pacing. But so much of this is clearly Max trying to make the show palatable enough to milk for that sweet four quadrant cash…and even that wasn’t enough to save it.