#and his scene defending himself from biphobia feels very genuine

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In Hbomberguy's new video, before he gets to the James Somerton of it all, he mentions another guy stealing a "so deep in the closet he's in narnia joke" from Jimmy Carr's 2007 comedy special

I'm just here to tell y'all if Jimmy Carr did come up with that joke, it had to have been earlier than 2007. Before I got into online fandoms I used to be ridiculously obsessed with the UK soap opera Emmerdale. One of the first queer relationships I ever saw on tv came from that show. As part of a drag performance, one of the characters says the line "he's so far in the closet he spends half his week in narnia". This episode aired on January 3rd 2006. I sincerely doubt the writer of this episode came up with the joke either, but we can definitely establish that Jimmy Carr didn't come up with it in 2007, as hbomberguy implies.

Here's a link to the Emmerdale clip, starting at 15:56.

#hbomberguy #james somerton #jimmy carr #this ED storyline contains quite a bit of biphobia but what impresses me today is how explicitly bisexual the bisexual character gets to be #and his scene defending himself from biphobia feels very genuine #but that's a topic for another day #emmerdale

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Spoilers for episode 14 of Prime Defenders, below cut!

I’m totally normal about William turning intangible as he goes into shock, as if he’s subconsciously withdrawing so that he doesn’t have to feel his body anymore, so that he can’t be hurt again. I’m totally normal- 

These last three episodes went for my fucking jugular dude, but I am really excited about the direction things are going! 

FINALLY MORE DAKOTA BACKSTORY YES!! I’d love to learn more about the Doctor and why Dakota specifically was chosen for this. It seems like the -izlys have something cool all written out that they haven’t gotten the chance to bring up before, and trying that together with the Will angst(s) going on was I good segway into that.  It was nice to see the emotional intelligence that Dakota and Vyncent displayed as they tried to console Will, they both went about it in slightly different ways and I’m glad it wasn’t one contributing more than the other.

The statue talk was really interesting, talking about the idolisation of heroes, what makes a ‘hero’ and what are good motivations for being one. Mini-theory time, but I do think the PD are going to go down a vigilante path. Whilst Dakota is a lot more trusting of the hero system than Vyncent or Will, in season one he clearly showed frustration in how restricted their actions were: times where he ignored the warnings and instruction of pro-heroes because he so strongly believes in his moral obligation to save as many people as possible. I could go on way longer about this, but I’ll make that it’s own post.

Now for the GhostKnife confirmation, my first thought was ‘holy shit they’re actually doing this for real’. I have the same sentiment as a lot of people on here who’ve discussed this so far, but having ghostknife be slow-burn leading to an eventual end-game works better for this series (and honestly could tie into that theme Charlie mentioned he wanted to cover in the Just Rolled, but put a pin in that). Will’s got a stupid amount on his plate rn, so I think he’s going to compartmentalise his crush and push it aside for now (but that is going to be difficult with Cantrip around, hoo boy), as it appeared to him that his crush wasn’t reciprocated. The whole scene was the perfect way to canonise and incorporate the relationship into the story proper. Reiterating the status-quo: Awkward tension, Will’s perceived romantic rivalry with Cantrip, and everyone but Vyncent being fully aware of what’s going on. Dakota sending Vyncent out specifically to console Will, recalling the 10 months they spent together. A big dramatic gesture that pushes William to open up and allow himself to be physically and emotionally vulnerable again, mirroring the scene in season one where Vyncent fell in the gymnasium and Will tried to catch his fall. William reaches out to make the first move, and his hesitation and shame stop him from committing to the kiss. Progress has been made - William made a genuine attempt to make the first move - but this is totally in character for the both of them for where they are emotionally right now. However, while Vyncent is currently unaware of Will’s feelings for him, this scene makes it evident how completely he trusts Will, and how deeply he values him and their relationship. 

Getting back to that pin. In the Just Rolled for this episode, Charlie mentioned a theme that he wanted to explore with William that they haven’t covered in the show before. My best guess would be shame (or fear in general); William is ashamed of his powers, and his use of them is very limited, especially after Ashe’s disappearance. He doesn’t understand why and is abhorred by how his powers affect his body and make him different from other people. This shame could be extended to his crush on Vyncent. I don’t know if the crew would be willinging to discuss homophobia, biphobia, and potentially religious trauma in their silly-goofy superhero podcast to any extent, but William could be afraid of ‘ruining his friendship’ with Vyncent, or feel - with Will’s self-esteem as low as it is - that he doesn’t deserve Vyncent.

Anyways, that was an essay and a half. A lot happened.

#jrwi prime defenders #jrwi pd #jrwi dakota #jrwi william #ghostknife #jrwi theory #its like will was engineered in a lab to be painfully relatable #biphobia mention #homophobia mention #religeous trauma mention