Romance stories where the story doesn't end the moment they kiss/confess/become a couple. There's more of those lately so I'm happy.
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Non-flamboyant gay relationships, just being treated as normal without any special attention in movies.
It always becomes a "quirky" "random" "so different ✨" personality trait for those characters that they are insufferable.
Directors have no clue how real people live.
Yep it makes me wonder how many queer people consulted. If they'd seen me and my ex together they'd have seen how incredibly boring we are
There are not nearly enough tragic endings in media.
Found family.
It's not lacking by any means I just eat that shit up like it's cocaine
I want more movies and shows where the bodyguard grows a conscience and murders the corrupt POS they're guarding.
Related: I've imagined a story where the obedient grunts in the military realize they just the nameless henchmen in an evil organization.
Bad guys are actually the good guys.
"Good Guy" just kills the "Bad Guy"
Like just fucking do it, stop being a loser.
The Expanse Spoiler
I didn't read the books but when it came to the "You're not that guy" scene, I was about to be so pissed if they spared the guy. But good thing they actually turn it to one of the best scenes of the show.
"I am that guy"
💥🔫
There's an episode of doctor who with a similar interaction (to the spoiler).
BBEG: This is why good men always lose. They follow too many rules.
Doctor: That's where you're wrong. Good men don't need rules.
From memory, so exact phrasing is probably wrong but the idea is there
Good men don't need any rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.
That plays out in the Discworld novels. The idea is, pray the man about to kill you is a bad guy, because he'll fuck around, gloat, maybe make a mistake. If he's a good guy, he'll kill you instantly.
I want another good space based sci fi TV show, preferably with lots of alien species.
Yeah, there is Star Trek and Star Wars, but I want more.
Same. I’d love a Battlestar Galactica meets SG-1 type show. Something gritty, fun characters, they go everywhere and there’s both space and terrestrial mayhem.
What I’d actually love is a series that gives a gritty take (Andor-like) on an elite Imperial squad that does missions and treats the Rebellion like the bad guys and the Empire like the good guys but maybe at series finale we do the switcheroo so we don’t completely humanize an empire that wants to kill everyone.
Have you watched the Orville yet? Its fun!
Same. Even if there’s not really a lot of aliens. Something like the Expanse pleaaaase.
The Orville isn't new, but I rarely see it mentioned on internet forums. I didn't even know about it until recently.
I was unaware! I’ll check it out. Thanks!
Warrior princesses (or otherwise 'fighting refined ladies') -- Who aren't tomboys, and are in fact fully feminine coded, but can still kick ass with the best of 'em. (Princess Leia, some iterations of Zelda, Rarity from MLP in a way though she's not a princess, etc.)
I love this! You should join us on [email protected] likes: pretty clothing dislikes: patriarchy
Description says "women only trans inclusive"
... I'm a he/they queer man, so I shan't say anything. But I might have a look at the place anyway.
Ahhh sorry mate I read it as "we" not who. Your comment was pretty feminist too so thanks 😊
Is cool :)
Bad guys who aren't misunderstood but aren't bad. They occupy a niche mindspace in which they have a genuine and noble goal but their goal is mutually exclusive with the good guy's goals (the Shadowlord from Nier Gestalt)
Then, on the flip side, bad guys who know that they're bad and revel in it (Jack Horner from Puss in Boots)
Good guys who are good leaders. They have no superhuman abilities but their power is to bring out the best in others. They don't beat the bad guys through sheer strength or being inspired by the power of friendship (which IMO is just the same thing), but they do so by strategically playing to people's strengths (Senku from Dr. Stone)
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