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professionalfangirl24601 · 3 years

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Tight-Knit Family

Aftg Falsettos AU, in which Wymack is Marvin, Stuart is Whizzer, Abby is Trina, Betsy is Mendel, Kevin is Jason and Andreil are the lesbians from next door.

Betsy adopted Andrew when he was seven. Then after finding out about Aaron and Nicky she adopted them too.

Nathan killed Mary when she tried running away with Neil. Stuart is a very successful businessman who killed Nathan and adopted Neil. The Moriyamas give permission to Stuart in exchange for him helping them for the next ten years.

Stuart does that from England, but after a while they need him in the US. He brings Neil with him since Neil's still a minor and Stuart's his legal guardian and they stay in Millport, Arizona. Neil goes to school there for a year.

Kayleigh went to Wymack with Kevin one day and told him that Kevin was his son. Then she disappeared and no one heard from her ever again. Wymack married Abby because he thought Kevin needed a mom.

Kevin recruits Neil the same way and he agrees right away. They haven't met before and Neil isn't on the run. He's always loved Exy. The reason he didn't resist going to the US was because of Exy.

It's Neil's second year of college, and everything goes more or less the same way, except Andrew never drugs Neil. There's nothing suspicious about him. He doesn't look at Kevin weirdly, doesn't have a large amount of money in his binder or pictures and articles of Kevin and Riko. He owns a normal amount of clothes and stuff.

The fic starts with Wymack and Abby sitting Kevin down and telling him about the divorce. Abby is bisexual and she has internalized homophobia. She says some homophobic things and they tell Kevin that he'll meet Wymack's boyfriend soon.

Kevin is very dramatic about it. He goes to his dorm and rants to Andrew and Neil about it. He's aroace and doesn't understand why people do stupid things, like breaking a perfectly "happy" family, because of love. He's kinda homophobic too like he believes Wymack was straight and whoever his boyfriend is "turned him gay".

His audience isn't impressed, though. Neil knows about Wymack and Stuart and says that Kevin shouldn't say those things, before meeting the boyfriend. Also, he tells him from experience that if there was no love between Abby and Wymack it was better for everyone that they separated.

Andrew says that you can't "turn" people gay. Also, Andrew and Neil are already together at this point, so they're really the worst possible people for Kevin to vent about it.

Kevin meets Stuart the next day and when he realizes it's Neil's uncle, he gets mad at Neil too. He expects Andrew to support him, but he takes Neil's side. He even refuses to give Kevin a ride to the court, let alone play with him to work through his anger.

Wymack goes to Betsy for therapy. He suggests to Abby that she go too since she's (understandably) very upset about the whole situation. Abby goes and she and Betsy hit it off right away.

Betsy is a terrible therapist. Worse than she's in the books. She's based on Mendel, after all. Abby doesn't notice that, though. So after she finds Kevin playing Exy by himself, she tries very hard to convince Kevin to see Betsy too. Kevin agrees only if Betsy goes to the court.

She goes and Kevin is like 'finally here's someone who'll understand me.' He finds out how wrong he was shortly after. Kevin says how he hates everyone, including Andrew. Betsy tells him that Andrew's her son. Then he says some homophobic things and Betsy's like 'I'm lesbian.' It's very awkward.

Kevin tries to find Kayleigh, but Andrew finds out and tells him that if she abandoned him she doesn't deserve to be his mother.

Kevin's therapy sessions continue because Abby forces him to go.

Abby and Betsy fall in love and decide to get married. Wymack gets angry because they're his therapist and ex-wife. Andrew threatens Abby that if she doesn't treat his mother how she deserves, he'll kill her. Betsy's there too and she laughs it off. She says something like 'they're crazy when they're teens, huh?" Abby says "isn't he 20?" and Betsy laughs like it's a joke.

Wymack overhears it and tells Andrew that he can't threaten Abby with death. Andrew replies that it's above his pay grade because Abby's nothing to him anymore. That hits Wymack hard.

Then the winter banquet arrives and Riko tells Wymack about Stuart's real work. Wymack breaks up with him, because a) Stuart's a danger to his team, and b) he feels like he can't trust Stuart anymore like he doesn't know who Stuart is anymore.

Stuart says that his debt will be paid by the summer. But doesn't mention why it exists in the first place. He goes back to England and takes Neil with him. Before they go Neil tells him about how Stuart got involved with the Moriyamas in the first place. Neil also says that Stuart is more helpful than dangerous when it comes to the Moriyamas. When Riko tried to get him on his team, Stuart made him back off.

Wymack starts to regret breaking up with him, but he doesn't have the time to think about it and lets Stuart go.

Kevin notices how similar Andrew and Wymack's behaviors are when their boyfriends are away. He understands that even though he doesn't feel romantic attraction, he still loves his family and friends. And if romance is what makes them happy, he'll do anything he can to bring it back to them.

So Kevin teams up with Neil and they create a plan. They decide that if Neil convinces Stuart to come with him to the US, Kevin will take it from there and get them back together.

It turns out, Kevin doesn't have to work as hard for that to happen as he imagined. He sneaks Stuart where Wymack is, as though he can see Neil playing Exy better. They don't need any more meddling and get back together.

Betsy starts working as a team therapist. Wymack's not too happy about that at first, but then he sees how much she helps with the Foxes, and starts respecting her for that.

Months pass by and their relationships gradually get better. They play the final game against the Ravens. Kevin and Riko didn't know each other until they were already in college and they're just rivals. Kevin is a better striker than Kevin and he's jealous of him. He can't do anything about it, though. Jean plays for the Trojans from the start.

The Foxes win, of course. When Wymack, Abby, Betsy, and Stuart are celebrating with them in the locker room, Riko somehow gets in there. He says something insulting about them, and Kevin stands up to him and defends his family.

#another long post about aftg musical au?#shocking I know #at first i really wanted to name it Unlikely Lovers because *gestures at the ships*#but the story's not about the couples #It's more Kevin centric and the focus is on family instead of romantic love #I don't really ship Wymack/Stuart and Betsy/Abby #but I couldn't imagine andreil in that situation #it's still ooc for wymack abby stuart and betsy but in a more fun way #i mean it doesn't make me cringe #betsy being a therapist like mendel gives me life #like in real life i'd hate it #but in fiction it's funny #and yeah she's not very good but she's what the Foxes need #like in the books #I wish i could write it but I don't have time :(#aftg #aftg fic idea #aftg au #falsettos

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spotlightsaga · 7 years

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Kevin Cage of @spotlightsaga reviews... disjointed (S01E01) Omega Strain disjointed (S01E02) Eve's Bush Airdate: August 25, 2017 @netflix Ratings: Privatized Score: 7.5/10 TVTime/FB/Tumblr/Twitter/Pin/Path/IG: @SpotlightSaga Now on Letterboxd for film reviews! ************SPOILERS BELOW************ Many people out there think that the art of the traditional sitcom is long dead, Netflix and Chuck Lorre tend to disagree... And honestly, so do I. It's hard to deny that laugh tracks seem a bit outdated in the current climate of television, but just look at the surprise success of the 2017 Netflix Original reimagining of 'One Day at a Time'. It worked. The creators, writers, and everyone involved were able to not only bring an old show back to life, but also focus on modern family issues within a realistically diverse family on a traditional platform. 'The Ranch' was a different story, at least for me... 'Different strokes for different folks', so I can at least see where 'The Ranch' would have found success as well in an Ashton Kutcher-centric, Colorado Rocky Mountain, small town, comedy drenched with a touch of 'somehow surviving' middle class world. As to seeing why anyone would judge any multi-cam sitcom equipped with a laugh track on its setup and tone alone... I get it, I do, but some work for people and some don't.. Simply put, 'The Ranch' didn't gel for me, and shows that shoot through these familiar vessels do need to at least grab a hold of a viewer to where they can see room for improvement and potential at the end of the tunnel, or at least convincingly relate to the protagonists. Despite its expected flaws in immediate character development, I see potential in 'disjointed'. Did I mention that I love that I don't have to go the extra mile to hit the shift key when typing out 'disjointed'?! Well, at least that's a plus when you don't start the sentence with the show's name, otherwise you just have to hit the shift key to un-capitalize it anyway. Bummer... huh? I'm no stoner but this isn't exactly a world I'm unfamiliar with, and seeing the benefits of not just medicinal marijuana as well as the decriminalization of all drugs (See Portugal, Czech Republic, etc). And yes, I unabashedly admit that I got a tad bit high in lieu of the release of this tv series. Even Netflix themselves have put out their own line of medical marijuana for the occasion, blending both 'Bojack Horseman' and 'disjointed' for the promotional festivities. That alone paired with the casting of the legendary Kathy Bates to play Ruth, the 'Mary-Jane' Matriarch of a thc-seasoned, brave, controversially 'legal', new 'customer/patient' style world should tell you that Netflix is standing firm behind this one. Traditions of the throwback mini-cam sitcom are strong with 'disjointed' and are pretty much nestled in every corner you look, with Chuck Lorre at the helm the format is cut and dry. Yet there are moments such as when the security guard, Carter (Tone Bell), who clearly has some form of PTSD, laced with kind of an impending existential crisis looming around the corner, is emotionally characterized by a colorful and creative animated approach that you'd never see personified in such a manner on a network like CBS or any of the 'Big 4', as you are able to see here on a much more unfiltered streaming service. Other members of the cast are slowly molded by observational humor, which will take time, but it really feels like patience will be rewarded here and more than just observational humor is addressed within the first two episodes. Aaron Moten will be playing Travis, who is the educated and entrepreneurial son of Ruth, who's come back home to help his mother make the most of her new business venture with his newfound eduction, and gasp, dare I say 'MBA' in business. Ruth isn't quite sure about applying the configurations of Travis' aggressive business techniques to the anti-establishment type, marijuana dispensary 'vocation', as she'd rather see it as. We're immediately shown a romantic link in chemistry between Travis and Olivia (Elizabeth Alderfer), the show isn't trying to hide anything. I say that's another thing to admire. Some have likened the move of this type of tv series to Netflix as an 'identify crisis', but hearing jokes peppered with 'fuck'-bombs in a multi-cam don't jar me at all. Weren't we all, even the older CBS crowd, technically broken in to not necessarily this type of humor, but at least the shock out of certain words' impact and delivery from '2 Broke Girls'. Yet 'disjointed' is far away from the aforementioned show's deep roots in 'crass for the sake of crass', and instead offers up a 'what you see is what you get', bouncing of humor off successfully pairing and also sporadically placing both groups and their respective characters to revolve and interact with. It's tightly created within an familiar origin but despite puffing on its own supply, it has the tools to let the show breathe and expand beyond those initial boundaries. For example we have all the remaining characters in the dispensary, Pete (Dougie Baldwin), who is focused on growing the best strain of weed possible, and Jenny (Elizabeth Ho), who has dropped out of medical school without her strict, no-nonsense family's knowledge, used as cogs as to move along other stories, patiently waiting to be paired up for adventures of their own. And if, like me, you let two episodes play to let the show gain a good sense of it's identity (something all 30-Minute Sitcoms should do now a days), you'll have already met the stoned series' myriad of guest characters that we can only hope recur as much as possible. The elective epitomes of stereotypes either do what they do best, or completely create a 'what if' type scenario in an ironic, if not expected and funny way to wow the crowd. Dank (Chris Redd) and Dabby (Betsy Sodaro) are born straight out of a top notch SNL skit, don't even work on paper, yet bop to each other's beats beats like the pulsing rhythms of Cuban born Bongo Drums. Then there is Maria (MAD TV's notorious Nicolle Sullivan, the single mom who's just discovered marijuana as a coping mechanism for high stress, anxiety, and panic attacks. The events that follow her character are very much hilarious because they are both unexpected and obvious... Wrapping the overall 'new' show, with an 'old' format, in a nostalgic feeling evoked by great multi-cam sitcoms. Remember cutting edge shows like 'Golden Girls', 'Mama's Family', and 'Roseanne'. They have a way of making you feel warm, or 'invited inside' in such a way that I see possibly forming in 'disjointed's future. I'm not saying 'disjointed' is, or should be, immediately considered a string attached on the same banjo of such notorious and legendary multi-cam sitcoms. I'm just saying that so far it feels good, and the possibilities also feel opened up a little wider than they are for most sitcoms that use a similar format, like this one, in this day and age... Kinda like what happens when you smoke the perfect bowl at the perfect time in the perfect place. I'm ready for 'disjointed', are you? ***********Written by Kevin Cage*********** http://www.tvtime.com http://www.facebook.com/spotlightsaga http://www.spotlightsaga.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtsEntertainment

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