#also like how is this show a comedy

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

And another thing! Literally any queer story that takes place during the colonial age would have a huge gaping hole in it if it didn't have anticolonialism as a theme. Especially one that centers indigenous people. Like the reason that every culture had their own concepts of gender until something happened and then suddenly the gender binary was ubiquitous is because western European colonial powers made their view of gender the only acceptable one as part of christianizing and colonizing the world. You're not gonna have a show set in 1717 in the Caribbean where the love interest is a gay Maori man and the main deuteragonist is a non-binary mestizo catholic and just skip over colonialism. Like these are exactly the people who western gender roles are being forced on at fucking gun point during this era. Jim and Ed are both mixed race characters who's gender and sexual identities are in active defiance of the colonial powers that be. And this is the fucking Stede Ed and Jim show.

And there's something to be said for the fact that Stede's toxic masculinity plot line is internalized and Ed's struggle with toxic masculinity is largely external in the form a white guy who rubs elbows with the British Navy when Ed doesn't behave to his standard of masculinity. That choice didn't come out of nowhere and it shows a deep understanding of where homophobia comes from. That's not to say that precolonial communities of color were paradise for people that we today would consider queer but the rich tapestry of sexual and gender expressions that existed in those communities were erased in the name of colonialism. That's going to affect literally any queer person at the time when OFMD is set. These two things are inextricably linked.

Like when David Jenkins says a lot of what we're taught about being men is wrong, motherfucker who taught us what a man was. Who taught Ed what a man was? Who taught Stede what a man was for that matter? It's the white dad with the English accent who is violent (derogatory) and overbearing.

Like you get what I'm saying right? Like it's a silly little rom com but also it must necessarily be that deep because of who these characters are and when and where they exist.

#ofmd meta #Our Flag walks the line like a fucking tight rope acrobat and I'm not gonna let fake fans sleep on that #like they depict things aesthetically without actually depicting them sometimes #ill talk about the aesthetics of episode 9 all fucking day #in universe what happens is Ed signs a paper with an x either because hes illiterate or because he doesnt want to sign it #and is resting on the assumption that hes illiterate to get away with not signing it either as longform fuckery or to soften the blow #and he signs it to save his white boyfriend from getting fucking shot #and then he goes to a privateering academy where he does enjoy folding socks and he's liberated from his black beard and hes cool with that #everything is more or less his choice which makes it palatable and doesnt completely take the tone somewhere dark and harrowing #BUT ALSO what were seeing is the British Military forcing an indigenous man to sign a document and he does so with an x #and then taking him to a secondary fucking school ass school away from his community where hes forced to change his appearance #but also they let him keep his hair so that they dont step on that particular trauma #im vibrating what the fuck is this show #how do they do it? #Like seriously this has been a comedy show????? #And don't tell me I'm reading into it too much episode 2 primes us to think about colonialism

[cakemoney]

brennan: so you're in the last standard exam in an alien realm and in the stands you see a bunch of arthur agueforts, they're cheering for you, they're talking to each other, they've got your names written on their chests

editors: zooms in on the two arthur agueforts who are making out because they know how we are

#laughs awkwardly #dimension 20 #fantasy high spoilers #don't mind me i'm talking all the way down here. just pondering the concept of like #i know this is the format of the show and that's how the show works etc etc #but there's also a tragic quality to the fact that. these battle sets were made way beforehand. which means that #the bad kids were always destined to take the last standard exam. they were always going to fail in some way #no matter how hard they worked no matter how much stress they took on no matter how much they've grown #something something bobby dawn's really unlocked the extreme teenage rage in me. the idea of #'problem children' who are set up to fail by the system and then teachers act like their failure 'proves' that they were always bad #you know what i mean? plot device comedy et cetera but i do get really really sad about kids who struggle in school when they don't have to #the support could have been there and would have cost nothing but a bit of time effort empathy but adults withhold it. just to make a point

[heatherfield]

Verla, go lock the door.

Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, Episode 4 “The Star on the Stage” [x]

#headless: a sleepy hollow story #headlessedit #userthing #the legend of sleepy hollow #matilda bishop #ichabod crane #the headless horseman #sinead persaud #sean persaud #tom detrinis #shipwrecked comedy #my edits #i love how matilda goes from 'i hate everything this is real stupid' #to just utter giddiness and glee #in like 0.25 seconds #and ichabod's face journey is *chef's kiss* #i feel like this could also be captioned 'that's it. that's the show.' :D #or 'yeah there was a problem with grave-robbing witches awhile back'

[comradekatara]

WOW you’ve just changed my life with Mai and Sokka teen detectives. they would really balance each other out well, I can see their dynamic really working. thank u for ur service 🫡

yes!!!! my mai&sokka besties agenda is spreading!!!! just from a cursory glance at your blog, i can see that your bio is literally “black cat x black cat supremacy” which. yeah. that’s exactly what it is (although if you’re talking about mai and zuko primarily, i’ll admit that i’ve always read him as an orange cat)

#f1reladymai #asks #go into my mai&sokka tag I have so many posts abt them 😭 #also zuko is an orange cat azula is a proud and imperious grey cat ty lee is an entrancingly fluffy white cat with a perfect pink nose #ty lee is the kind of cat who thinks the height of comedy is showing you her belly and then biting your hand when you try to rub it #sokka IS a black cat but with white socks and a fluffy white belly #katara is a brown and white cat with stripes (the most adorable kind. and no im not biased) #aang is like a ginger cat. not fully orange. slightly paler than pure orange (and wiser too) #toph isn’t even a cat. she’s just a really big rat who knows how to meow convincingly #ok im done now ^_^

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Next to it being just weird to include scenes debating if Steve died a virgin or not, the fact that the She Hulk show acts like it’d be a tragedy for him to have died a virgin is just.....what???? Why the fuck would it be a tragedy??? Because he’s hot??? Like, what is the MCU implying here??? That if you die a virgin, its tragic, especially if your hot???  Like, I thought we moved past shaming people for not having sex, especially given ace people exist, but no, MCU out here doing this shit and for some reason, people find it funny. 

#anti mcu #mcu critical #like what is even this 'humor' #cause its not funny #its just skeevy #and doesnt look well when you also had thor being stripped for 'comedy' #like just because its a guy doesnt mean its okay #and really hate how the show 'reassures' us via bruce breaking his friends privacy to reassure us he didnt die one #like what #whats the point #no one came into this show wondering this

[sleepyblr-heart]

last of the main points!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#heart art! #adventure forward #af2 #arrolin #mino #ixol #i wont tag the guys ft in the silly doodlesz #but anyways i had fun making these ones #arrolin esp. i like how they came out ::] #also i think it's silly making mino like That #ixol was always just kinda a fucked up guy in my brain. this bitch is NOTTT NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i think mino ixol and arrolin would be good pals. three different sides of the autism spectrum i think #also arrolin and signol. i think arrolin hosts a comedy night at the cavern club every once in a while #not many people show up tho❤️

[softestepilogue]

y’all keep saying how y’all hope ed becomes redeemable and like who tf cares he did anything wrong lmao. pushing Lucius overboard? hilarious. stranding the crew? hysterical. chopping off iffy’s toes? comedic af. y’all always so worried about a character being redeemable or morally right and it’s exhausting. that’s why modern books are what they are now. boring and lame af. ed is morally gray. he’s always been morally gray. he don’t like killin but he likes maimin and he has anger issues. and he’s hilarious when he does all of it.

#ed teach #ofmd #our flag means death #for the love of god just have fun #y’all always worried about a character being redeemable so y’all can morally like them #it’s so weird cause they’re fictional #my fave characters are the ones who morally gray #idc what anyone says they are 100% more interesting when written well #if you like ed just like him lol #you don’t need to jump through hoops to like him just do it #idk how y’all managed to turn a comedy show into something so serious but y’all did it #this is tumblr tho so idk why i’m so surprised #this is why modern books are unbearable to read #cause millennials started publishing and are too pc to write interesting characters #also stede is literally trying to be morally gray #tumblr once again just sucking the fun out of everything #y’all are like that one friend who shows up while y’all are having fun and they correct someone to be pc and just always ruins the vibe #also PS i mean morally gray characters that are well written and not the morally gray characters that are white men y’all want to fuck #there is a HUGE difference #op

[celestial-sapphicss]

no because when i was watching the clips of my school president prom night on stage day 1 without subs, the group performance that was most fun to watch was Stand By Lor right? such great dance moves, very groovy, very traditional vibes in places (aka satang & ford's vocals).

BUT THEN I SAW THE SUBTITLED VERSION OF THAT PERFORMANCE I AM LOOSING MY MIND OMG do yourself a favor and watch this

#my school president #vi.txt #like yes i got that it was a flirty song BUT GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH #also mark my husband also has such a nice voice!!!1 #i am so in love with this #forever mad abut the fact that i don't work in a domain where i get to be a part of production of events/shows like these #insert: but poetry beauty romance love these are what we stay alive for #y'all have no idea how much i actually love music like i might not know theory but i am actively listening to music almost all the time #i watch concert video on repeat just sit in front of the tv and pretend im there #and try to attend as many live concerts as possible even if they're just cover artists #anyways im gonna go listen to this on loop #favourite music genre: comedy

[softquietsteadylove]

Ok ok… here me out for a second…

Thenamesh Addams Family AU…

The Lee Family: business associates of Father's who were coming to meet with them over real estate (or some such). Mister Lee dealt in property, and also possessed quite a lot of the railways, according to Father. Missus Lee was as much of a matriarch as Mother, although they were going to talk about their poison gardens, or some other such.

Thena stared at the family standing in the foyer. They were like the picture perfect opposite of herself and her own family. They were dressed entirely in black, even the son in a smart black suit. They had mild expressions but warmer seeming eyes, all a gentle brown.

Mother and Father had perfectly sculpted smiles, but eyes as cold as the tundra. They were dressed in all white, just like Thena was, with her white-blonde hair braided over her shoulder.

"Mister and Missus Lee," Father greeted them with a falsely warm tone. Before they had arrived, he had said that they were horrid people to do business with, despite his very warm tone.

"Such a pleasure," Mother purred as she exchanged air-cheek-kisses with Missus Lee. She had said that she would rather let Theseus - the young iguana currently hiding in Thena's room - sit on her lap than align herself with 'Mister Lee's wife'.

Such walking contradictions her parents were.

"This is our son," Mister Lee smiled more genuinely, putting his hands on his son's (broad) shoulders. "Gilgamesh."

"Pleasure to meet you." He had a soft voice.

Thena stared at the young man. He was big for their age, with a young moustache coming in on his upper lip. Thena's lips twitched; it suited him, in a funny sort of way.

"Gilgamesh," Mister Lee clapped his hands on his son's back as the parents began moving into the drawing room, "greet the young lady properly."

Not that they stuck around to see that it happened.

Thena looked at the young man again, extending her hand, her palm facing the floor. Her face was still impassive, and she hadn't said a word, just like Father always taught her.

Gilgamesh looked at her with some intrigue in his eyes, bending further than he needed to as he accepted her hand in his. He bowed his head completely, nothing short of reverent as he said, "my pleasure."

Thena tilted her head as he kissed the back of her hand. It was gentle, and he even held it softly with his other hand as his lips touched her knuckle. She smiled; she could feel his moustache tickle her skin, "enchante."

"Bless you," he extended a handkerchief.

Thena laughed before quickly raising her hand between her mouth and his eyes. She was forgetting her etiquette with their guest; Mother would be furious.

"What, are you not allowed to laugh?"

Thena looked at him again, and, without his parents to loom over him, Gilgamesh seemed more relaxed. His shoulders were still wider than any she had seen, but they were slouched, his hands in his trouser pockets. She had never seen anyone look so comfortable in their own skin before.

"It's okay," he shrugged as he smiled, attempting to encourage her into doing the same, "I won't tell."

She almost - almost! - let another laugh escape her before fixing her lips into a perfect smile. It was rigid and hard to maintain, but it was the only one she knew how to do. "I thank you for your consideration."

"So, uh," Gilgamesh leaned back just for a second before walking closer to her, away from the doorway where their parents' business mutterings were happening. "We're supposed to...talk, I guess?"

"Indeed."

"Okay," he looked at her, hands still in his pockets. His eyes ran over her, and Thena briefly forgot what she had put on that day (Mother always picked her clothes for her anyway). "What do you wanna talk about?"

Thena blinked. She had read about trains and business economics and stock options all night in preparation to meet the magnate's son. And he was asking her? "Me?"

"Yeah, you," he smiled, even more naturally than before. He had a nice smile. "What do you like to do?"

What did she like to do? What was she allowed to do? Her days were filled with lessons, and then after that, she was left to her own devices. "Sometimes Mother lets me assist her in the poison garden."

"Oh yeah, Ma has the same kind of thing at home," Gilgamesh made a face that betrayed his lack of interest in the topic. "She just gets mad when I'm outside because she always thinks I'll step on it, though."

Thena felt her lips twitch, aching to leave the practised posture of the smile she had on. "Mother is similarly protective of ours. She gets furious when Theseus crawls around in the soil."

"Who's Theseus?"

Again, Thena felt caught off guard by the question, even though they were the only ones speaking. She wasn't used to being asked so many questions that weren't on a preordained subject. "Theseus is my iguana."

"You have a pet?" Gilgamesh beamed, so utterly delighted by even the idea of having an animal companion. He stepped closer to her, "can I see him?"

"I-I suppose," she uttered before she had a chance to think better of it. Was this what she was supposed to be doing? She was told to be hospitable to the Lee Family et al, so surely that included indulging Gilgamesh too...right? "Come with me."

"Allow me," he smiled, holding out his hand for her.

Thena paused just for a moment before slipping her hand into his, the way she had seen Mother do when Father held her hand as they walked the halls of their cold and sprawling estate. The way a gentleman did with a lady.

Gilgamesh held her hand so gently she felt as if she would collapse.

Thena looked down at the steps as she lead him upstairs, opting to walk to the left first. "Mother and Father have been anticipating your visit for quite some time."

"My folks too," he concurred, in much more casual phrasing. He looked around as they walked, his other hand still in his pocket. "They're all excited for it, and yet they keep saying what a drag it is."

Thena smiled as much as she was able without practising, "my parents are the same. I haven't the faintest idea why they insist on referring to things they claim are good to be so awful."

"They're funny like that, huh?" Gilgamesh looked away from the family portraits lining the upper walls to her again. "Should I have said it was quite awful to make your acquaintance?"

Thena let another tiny little laugh escape. She peeked at Gilgamesh, just to make sure he didn't mind. But he was smiling right at her. "Abysmal to meet you as well."

"See?" he grinned so freely, so uninhibited by the gilded cage around them. "Maybe that should be our code for things. If they're going to pretend shit it so great, then we can say just the opposite."

They reached the top of the staircase, where it split from its other half. Still, he didn't let go of her hand, waiting for to lead him wherever they pleased.

"Then I am having," she paused, her lips pressing together in threat of another smile, "an awful time."

His hand squeezed around hers faintly. But it was nice. "Me too."

#Thenamesh AU #Thenamesh Addams Family AU #so I love the Addams Family #always have #I watched a very specific incarnation of them #which was the very Canadian television series The New Addams Family #so in her youth they show Morticia as looking just like Wednesday #which I think is kind of funny and cute #Thena is in this all white getup #hair in a braid #hates life #then she meets this young enthusiastic mustachioed little gentleman #and goes ah this is what people mean by joie de vivre #also it's the Addamses whole shtick right? #to say good is bad and bad is good #and the most common critique is that it's tired and doesn't make sense #but that's...the point #the Addams represent how old comedy was always about hating your wife and your kids and your family #and how messed up that is #The Addams Family is all about how genuine love is deeper than what's on the surface #so back to this fic #I have always thought this about that little joke #that well if everyone else is going to spout lies then so will we #but it will be our little secret #our little love language to say we love each other in plain sight #the star crossed lovers of it all I mean #The Lees do eventually leave #Mister Lee is like well son did you get to know the girl? #Gilgamesh: I shall marry her

[nativehueofresolution]

i find it really interesting to think about the satanic panic possibly having an impact on daniel's murky memories of the first interview. like obviously there are other factors that would play a role in his doubting what happened (memory loss from drug use, general unreliability of memory, possible tampering by armand or louis), but i love thinking about him like. being an early and vicious critic of michelle remembers and pointing out the absurdity of the sudden boom in people having repressed memories of the supernatural (half sympathetic and half condescending at the best of times to people claiming to have unrepressed their memories) and just generally trying to fight against the moral panic through his reporting, following all the trials and such. all the while being eaten up inside that he has memories not unlike the very ones he's scornfully debunking and becoming more and more certain he could never tell another living soul about what happened, quoting his own work to himself if he starts to dwell on the memory until (helped along by the other factors) it's become so dreamlike and non literal in his head hearing the tapes is a shock.

#to be clear i think it would be a pointless distraction to bring up in the show itself in any real way. #but just an allusion to the fact he was reporting then like they have in other areas would be fun and offer lots of fan analysis such #daniel molloy #iwtv #kaitlin speaks #also assuming they keep the whole children of satan stuff as it is presented within the books #armand's reaction would be hilarious. armand's reading the satan seller and shaking his head bc that's not how satanic cults work #i think there's more interesting stuff they could do than playing it as it is in the books. but it would have comedy potential

[chikaoofka]

7 (If your OC had to cosplay as a fictional character, who would they choose) for Magnetophone!

No idea how 'fictional' this question is meaning (i.e. fictional character in GENERAL or fictional character to them....?!) but I guess I'll go with fictional (to them) characters cos theres a couple.

The first one, and he's probably done this before to be honest, is Fortune 500, who looks like this (designed by @/dr9com9ge-ix):

He's this pretty universally-known tailmic "show host" of a show also called Fortune 500 which is mainly a comedy show but to the tune of that one "its illegal to say" skit you know? anyway it's popular with people like Maggie so of course Maggie would cosplay it. Maybe I'll come back and like draw it or something if I can figure out what the REST OF THE OUTFIT WOULD LOOK LIKE... beyond a mask

there's the second one, the half made-up "Sun God" (half in the way that, in the source material, there IS a sun god called the sun god, but the one that people talk about is this one they made up to make fun of the religious fanatic... fans. Of this other god-related TV show. I could explain more but it's like... off-topic? for this? I think?). not that I've got any cool PROPER images or anything I just wanted to say that

#also for clarity F500 is named after the EE song . #i hope you know i was trying to like #think about the show itself bc i hadnt givne it any thoght #and glue said 'make it a comedy kinda show' and then i remembered that skit and it all fell into place #i dont remember . any . like . fictional. characters . anyway so like... fictional fictional characters is GOOD FOR ME !!! #the sun god has got like... t shirt designs #in terms of how designed the guy is. he doesnt actually exist and is a joke so i guess that's fitting? cosplaying the sun god i think #would make the other guys look at you really funny but i know maggie wouldn't really care #magnetophone mode #ikea customer service

[liquidstar]

forever thinking about the wonderful subawaal-sama statue.

#re:zero #love when serious/dark anime have comedy ovas to show us how stupid the characters actually are when their lives arent being threatened #also i think it helps you get even more attached to the characters when you just see them on their day to day #having Fun #its not all just fighting and dying sometimes they make snow statues together. helps you believe their bond more i think #like. theyre friends!! :) #except roswaal. i know hes fucked up and evil but that fakeout as a low blow. he did that for no other reason than to fuck with them #its also kinda funny that you could read the statue itself as being foreshadowing of roswaal trying to force subaru to become just like him #esp considering he was disturbed by the concept lol #i like foreshadowing in jokes that youd never think are foreshadowing until Later

[afeveredblur]

fully convinced that the people harping on about how killing claire's dad came out of nowhere have never had a family member die too early. because that kind of stuff literally does happen randomly and without warning. even if they've been sick for a while, getting the actual news that they died feels like a punch. and isn't that the whole point of the show? how tragedy intersects with happiness at every point in our lives? each season finale of the show had a moment of pure joy intersecting with a moment of tragedy/animosity. this time it's the same but also different because for once the instance of tragedy directly effects the kids. they've been living in a war zone but nothing too terrible has actually happened to them, until now. ive always understood the season 1 & 2 finales as being about how, for a bunch of teenagers, nothing major that happens in the world around them is comparable to their teenage problems. but now, as they're finally becoming adults, they're faced with a very major problem that alters their lives forever.

#like it legitimately ties in and closes the whole point of the show rlly well #the show was never 'just a comedy' there was also lots of commentary behind it #and i understand why it had to be Claire's dad #mary gerry joe and sarah are too important as characters to kill off #killing of dierdre would effectively leave michelle an orphan considering we dont know her dad #and even the chelsea clinton thing was just a cute way to show how their teen selves are still alive and well in present day #it was just an epilogue idk why ppl are mad about it #derry girls #text

[millenniummmbop]

One of my fave fanfics of all time is a YGO + CSI crossover called "Evidence of Shadows" and like I normally do not fucking care for crossover fic whatsoever, but I just love this one? If only because the CSI crew get to treat Duel Monsters like it's one of their "quirky subculture of the week" episodes. I know we've never spoken or anything but I get the impression from this blog that you might enjoy this fic, have a good afternoon.

"Yugioh cards for less than 6 dollars? When was this- "

"Ah"

#asks #moongalleon22 #ive never watched csi but lord knows ive watched countless other procedural crime shows in my lifetime #and like i kno they each have their own distinct flavor of snarky comedy and suspension of disbelief #but for the most part they're all pretty grounded in reality bc forensics etc #so when i tell u the amount of whiplash i felt as my mind stepped back and finally wrapped itself around the premise #'joey wheeler from yugioh finds a dead body in his hotel room and is held in custody as the main suspect in a murder investigation' #and 'yugi/yami two ppl with a confirmed body count in the manga are also just there to experience the American justice system' #how do i even describe the high im on #this is accidentally the funniest goddamn thing ive read in a while gjdjgjgjdjgjdldkcjx

[unproduciblesmackdown]

been on a rich journey of niche productions of yore, found these production pics ft. will roland as [?] in "zombies, actually....an undead musical" performed at the new orleans fringe festival in 2011

#found this from 1) looking at will's bio on The Bus website 2) looking up the ''we didn't have time to be scared'' production he cites #there from edinburgh fringe festival which is also niche enough a result is a 2018 bio of his on another site mentioning This show #which i'd either never heard of or entirely forgotten about ever hearing of. found from 2 actors' personal sites w/production pics #also found out this was another musical by the fantasy football: the musical? writer. debuted in nymf 2009 but nyu workshop 2011.... #rights site saying skip ''must be charming and adorable'' Done & Done. look at this little guy #another review (abt the 2009 show anyway) saying ''ok the Straight Guy(tm) stuff seeming like unnecessary misogyny sometimes'' well; #weary sigh....will's [?] role seeming Affiliated w/rainbow socks look at them laughing together pic 1 lol #maybe that's why he doesn't have to be like Wahoo abt what seems a bit like contexts of impromptu aggression there. bro! hwaet! #which brings us around to ''fr let's watch the 6 min michael park will roland seeing spamalot together vid. he talks abt beowulf'' #this AND going ''oh an actor in ff the musical? w/him was in the xmas xtrav w/him! wham! tee guy behind cyril in 1 pic!!!'' #AND my about to listen to a podcast with the writer of this & the football show. hope he doesn't say anything key to This Post #how about some relevant tags.... #will roland #zombies actually #zombies actually...an undead musical #ya never do know.... #oh another couple of sources confirmed the musical comediness of this & that the comedy was landing. know Nothing of other info #also for clarification afaik there's no role called [?] idk what his role's name was. there was like a Tad in the mix (another guy)

[figureofdismay]

It's been interesting getting back into both Sam/Jack and MSR at the same time, I get to compare and contrast really similar themes (secret duty, dangerous truths, aliens, government oversight, honor, loss of family, pining, devotion etc) from really different framing. The X files is a much darker show overall and Chris Carter's misogyny problem and hand of fate baby arcs are frustrating and painful, and yet the MSR fic has so much more room to be much sweeter and more openly domestic and a lot of times the stakes are lower because as much as it affects their own lives, the Syndicate and the threat of Colonization is much bigger than what they personally alone can bring about or prevent. They have guilt and repression and fear of losing each other or the work to contend with, but we're also shown that as long as they have each other they're generally okay even without the work -- I mean aimlessness and depression (and out of character writing choices) yes, but the Syndicate operations aren't that closely affected by if Mulder and Scully are in the basement office or not, so you can conjure up a wide variety of believable paths for them to be together with or without 'the files.'

Meanwhile Sam and Jack could literally be prosecuted for disobeying orders/getting involved within the same chain of command, they could get their team or the whole program taken apart thanks to that excuse in the hands of Simmons or similar, they're directly on the front lines for 8 years and they're repeatedly shown via the quantum mirror that Sam and Jack both being active members of SG1 is the only reason Earth wasn't decimated in a hostile Goa'uld invasion so they can't just resign and be together. For a second you think there's a window but then there's a new war and they make Jack everyone's boss and send Sam to a different galaxy and then put her up on a ship, and you go; Oh. So that's an endless set of circumstances, then. There's so much 'be miserably, honorably apart, serving and pining forever or the destruction of Earth will directly be your fault' baggage baked into Sam and Jack's narrative setup that you're boxed into either character-bending wish fulfillment (which is satisfying to read but hard to commit to writing ime) or the soul excoriating 'hanging on waiting for what can never be' flavor of overly believable quiet tragedy.

I'm finding I'm spending more time with the show where the skinny grey aliens with big eyes are a lot more evil and the themes are more bleak but the characters are less entirely trapped by their own best intentions 💀😭😭

#msr #sam x jack #the x files #stargate sg1 #it is very interesting though the way the 2 shows use so many of the themes and concepts but point them in totally different directions #i mean they were both Vancouver scifi in the 90s so they had to be somewhat aware of each other but I don't think it was that intentional #the whole txf.... thing seems to have been very insular #but they were still treading a lot of the same ground with the aliens and conspiracies and the pining and whatnot #it's just funny to me that bleak grim misty never resolved and mumbling txf has room for so much sweet silly domestic hopeful fic #and the bantery straightforward scifi show with a lot of comedy and yay teamwork themes has.... #some of that but also so much 'it's literally impossible how can we cope' themed work as a natural consequence of canon #that I ended up taking breaks from reading s/j because I got tired of crying my way through it so often #i mean it's cathartic but. that sensation of 'there's gotta be a solution so they're not stuck like this right?' gets stressful 🫠 #and no i didn't come up with any bright ideas either