I never expected this but. My new boss is goofy is actually really genuinely good. It's not just a silly comedy about a guy who's awkward but sincere. I mean, it is in part, but it's also so much more than that.
It takes the framing of a boss-employee relationship and uses it to not only tackle abuse in the workplace, but it utilises it as a metaphor for abusive relationships as well.
Episode 6 in particular is a fantastic example of this. The whole episode is named after a small moment where Momo and Kinjo are out eating lunch. Kinjo scrolls through his ensta (insta) page and names the people he's posted about in the past. He mentions some ex-girlfriends, and with the same nonchalantness, an ex-boyfriend. Kinjo's indifference about his own bisexuality catches Momo off-guard once again, and he dwells on the words "ex-boyfriend" until Kinjo snaps him out of it.
It's already clear as day in the rest of the episode, but by naming the whole episode after this moment, it drives home the (thinly veiled) metaphor of "abusive ex-boss" = "abusive ex-boyfriend".
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Hey! Whats the plot/general idea behind the flowercrown au? :0
SO GLAD YOU ASKED!!!!
So, the basics is that each time Gordon dies everything resets back to right after the rescas explosion. However his body sprouts flowers from the wound that ended up killing him, each different flower represents a different person.
Purple = Dr. Coomer
Blue = Bubby
White = benrey (it's sort of a blue purple ?)
Yellow = Tommy
Each time everything resets, more flowers sprout, becoming apart of Gordon's body. And I do mean apart ! Gordon can get energy from whatever natural light his flowers pick up, and if a petal is pulled it bleeds. It's kind of body horror ? I think. He can still see out of his flower eye, much to everyone's confusion
The reason is that Gordon, much like everyone else in the science team, isn't exactly human. The main difference is that he really, genuinely believes he's human. And when the Rescas punched a hole through time and space it triggered something in his subconscious that allows him to return when he dies.
Sort of like how Benrey does it, but Gordon isn't really in control, he's just desperate and stubborn to make it out of Black Mesa. At first everyone thinks it's the rescas specifically that's causing the flowers, but after each time Gordon dies they remember the previous timeline a little more.
The tricky thing is that Gordon is also blocking out his own memories of dying, and the timeline resetting also makes it difficult to remember, even if he's technically the one resetting (not on purpose, he's not exactly in control). When he comes across an area he died in though, little.. leaks start to flow through. So while the Betrayal only happens once, each time he passes through that area he remembers it happen, like some really messed up deja vu.
He never really gets his arm back, and after he gets the mini gun the flowers also sprout over it. Yeowch
Also the flowers that represent the science team are personal to Gordon, like how you associate your friend with like. A certain color or item!
The flowers also sprout around Black Mesa! Not just on Gordon, although he doesn't knkw that he's the reason it's happening. He feels better in the flower rooms, and if the flowers are present there usually isn't any threat (the flowers absorbed any hostiles but shhhhh don't tell the science team that)
Tommy, Gman and Benrey are the only ones that know that time is being messed up at first, but Tommy doesn't know why until the last "run". Since Gman is outside of reality he's not as affected, and Tommy can tell due to being related to Gman (Tommy isn't really human lol), and Benrey... Benrey has their own rules. In the end everyone would figure it out, including Gordon.
He doesn't take it well, but this au does have a happy ending :)
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Hey! A guy with a radio for a head walks in! Woohoo! He seems generally confused about his whereabouts, but whatever. He strides over, messing with his claws as he does. His tail drags behind him.
“Uh, hello, sir! This.. is a restaurant, correct? You guys serve food?”
He wears a construction worker’s vest and a small nametag that reads “Boris M.”
//@radio-frequencies
[[YIPEEE A hopefully NEW EMPLOYEEE YIPEEEEE]]
“You are correct. We usually serve pizza. But it’s always amazing, we make sure that everything is in good shape. So, hey! We are very happy to help you with anything.”
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Embarassed while Kano is changing huh? Will this go anywhere I wonder...
LEEETSSS FUCKIINGGG GOOOOOOOOOOO!!
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