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But I’ll always remember the night we shot the climax: two in the morning in a frigid Toronto December, with a burned-out van in the background, Tat on her knees as Cosima. The moment when Evie tells her Delphine was shot, and Tat just… comes apart. None of us expected it. It was so raw, and real. I was dumbstruck. I actually felt bad for putting her through it.
There was no second take. We didn’t need one. x
Chris Roberts - The Hive Orphan Black
on a side note, people who wonder why women stay in toxic relationships just need to take a look at the way women are raised, first, and second, look at how the media portrays m/f relationships.
women are taught from a young age that if a boy is mean to them or teases them that “oh it’s just because he likes you!” young girls are told that a boy making them uncomfortable is a sign of romantic interest.
then you have novels like twilight or 50 shades of grey, where a man who is controlling or downright shady as fuck (Edward watching Bella sleep, stalking her, telling her how dangerous he can be to her) is romantic. and young, impressionable girls eat this shit up.
then you have the formula of nearly every popular m/f ship on tv. a boy likes a girl, the girl doesn’t return the feeling, but that’s okay because the boy is persistent. he won’t give up until she likes him back, until she gives him a chance and realizes he’s the one for her. the girl just doesn’t know it yet.
better yet, these shows have “bad boys” and “rebels” who quote their love for a woman being what makes them “good”. suddenly it becomes the woman’s responsibility to not only acknowledge this sudden change of heart, but to be grateful for it and accept him because he changed for her, because he waited for her, because he’s really a Nice Guy™ deep down and he Deserves her.
question to the masses: how many m/f ships can you think of just within the past few years that follows this trope? don’t ask why women stay in toxic relationships. ask yourself why society makes women believe that toxicity is healthy.
Drew, loosely based on the popular young adult mystery series, had the iconic sleuth — now in her 30s and played by Person of Interest‘s Sarah Shahi — using her “uncanny observational skills” to work as a NYPD detective at the same time she navigated “the complexities of life in a modern world.” Anthony Edwards (ER), newcomer Rob McClure and Felix Solis (The Family, NYC 22) were slated to co-star.
Deadline reports that the pilot tested well with audiences but was deemed “too female” for the network. (TV Line)
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She’s my sister, isn’t she. Yeah. Yeah, yeah she is, yeah.
sooo we couldn't see Aden's head because a beheaded kid would hurt our feelings but we could watch Lincoln's execution in slow motion because a black man is shooting another black man in the head who cares
for real tho @the100writers did y’all sit in a room and look up the most damaging tropes and deaths and decide yup that’s the one that’s what you gotta use
death for the lesbian seconds after she finally got the girl at the hands of her father figure who did nothing but disapprove of her love: ✓✓
death for the kids in the worst, most brutal, cowardly way imaginable only a few minutes after showing just how young and ill-prepared they were: ✓✓
death for the black man who was sentenced to death for trying to free his people and then was taken out back in chains and brutally executed: ✓✓✓✓
maybe this is trivial but im really upset Lexa never got to properly meet Abby? Clarke’s mom never got the chance to really get to know the girl her daughter was in love with, and with Abby’s chancellor duties lifted, things would have been much less complicated. imagine Abby telling Lexa a story about Clarke when she was little and Lexa’s eyes lighting up with laughter, and Abby being able to see it the split second they start talking about Clarke- this girl has fallen hard for her daughter. the kind of fall you don’t get up from. imagine Abby growing to really care for Lexa, and being extremely impressed with how well Lexa leads her people despite her youth. imagine Abby braiding Lexa’s hair the way she used to braid Clarke’s. imagine Clarke leaning against Abby and randomly blurting out “mom? can i tell you something? i think i’m in love with Lexa.” and Abby just responding with “i know, Clarke. you look at her exactly the way i used to look at your dad.”
R.I.P TO ALL THE LEXA AND ABBY INTERACTION WE COULD HAVE HAD
Heteronormativity is so ingrained in us from childhood that little girls can’t even recognise when they have little crushes on other girls, and that’s why being gay is seen as an “adult” thing; only when you’re old enough to reason critically are you able to recognise the crushes you had as a child. There’s no such thing as being too young to be gay, but there is such thing as being too young to fully understand heteronormativity.
Straight people need to stop commenting on this post.
