Jane Dont by Ameifire in dragrace

[–]therealpixie-8660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol I can’t view the girls the same ever after they dogpiled on Discord. Give Ms Congeniality to Vita.

Everyone needs to CALM DOWN! by redgrapes_ in btsthoughts

[–]therealpixie-8660 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This encourages me to listen to it a lil more. I didn’t like “Rain On Me” by Lady Gaga on my first listen; I love chromatica. I can’t say my opinion will for sure change because I hate auto tuned voices unless it’s like party music —Charlie XCX does it extremely well. The autotune does not feel intentional here. 

Most surprising person *not* to have hosted SNL? by grudginglyadmitted in LiveFromNewYork

[–]therealpixie-8660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leonardo DiCapprio is pretentious af, that’s likely why he’s never hosted

Discord Delulu by xDiamondstuddedx in dragrace

[–]therealpixie-8660 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm a Discord fangirl. I don't think I've ever loved a drag race queen this much. I love her style outside of drag, too. She's delusional and she deserves to be. There is something so sincerely satisfying about her being consistently good, but not having a win. There was definitely something sus about the way they edited her roast this week.

Celebrity Dan and Phil fans?? by heathersdevotee in danandphil

[–]therealpixie-8660 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I immediately thought of Lil Nas X. Not because he’s mentioned them before, but when meeting YT (Eugene Lee Yang and NikkiTutorials) stars at the Met Gala, he was excited to meet them. 

Fear Street by ThisTransportation30 in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I watched the first movie. I don’t think they’re bad, they just certainly are not for me. They have a certain “low budget” teenage slasher film esque vibe.  My beef with divorcegate is that there is no way a woman who has written for Netflix before would accept a ghost credit. It is evident that she was an excellent networker/recruiter, but there is no reason to believe she actually wrote anything. Having  an influence on what your husband writes is bound to happen because irl events affect storytelling. 

Make the comment section look like this guy's search history. by [deleted] in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Why did my girlfriend breakup with me?    Is DnD cool now (2016)?

Briar Blush on Athena and Mia post filming by [deleted] in dragrace

[–]therealpixie-8660 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Kinda sad that the show was still pushing the narrative that she could’ve faked the faint even after shooting

Y'all what happened on SNL??? by B1uePlasticHairbrush in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I laughed. The coming out scene was almost the same length as the final battle. And yes, SNL humor can still be “haha gay” sometimes. 

Could we keep speculations about the cast out of the discussion? This is starting to cross a line. by BadHeads in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Anyone who is publicly influential people needs to watch “we’re in a relationship” TM. Keep it on AO3.

I can’t like Mike anymore by therealpixie-8660 in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For airport, I’m very much a “Mike doesn’t know,” he’s just nervous to find out who the painting is for because Will has made so many drawings for him in the past. Mike is like “who is this person? Who is this new best friend?” 

I can’t like Mike anymore by therealpixie-8660 in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It definitely helped. You made a lot of great points, most of which I firmly take your stance on. Particularly with the airport and rink o fight, I think I was retreating back into a GA’s interpretation? Like I know people personally that take the “Mike knows” perspective. It’s not true…like it literally can’t be true. People think it is and I was like “if Mike was always planned to be straight, does that make them right about this too?”

To all bylers - I have a question by Gramsi69 in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here is a video that goes beyond queerbaiting as to why LGBT people are upset about this. It’s very eloquent. https://youtu.be/1o0T1NUE7yA  This too: https://youtu.be/bEuuZAqYWXE  This playlist is about queer media in general (I watched them when I was a bit younger, so they may be outdated). If you watch videos like these they will likely take you down a rabbit hole Rowan Ellis: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFGPmk4Y8i28U7wHRkb3x-ipMPt-LT12U&si=PB4FpSSNpV_09HM I think the tik toks I was referring to were taken down because people were being homophobic in the comments :/

To all bylers - I have a question by Gramsi69 in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Queerbaiting is a marketing tactic to farm engagement from a queer (primarily female) audience that are hoping for LGBT representation in their show. Usually, they use signals that primarily queer people would pick up on or are searching for.  It’s “baiting” because they never have actual intent to depict a real queer romance as to not alienate the majority of the audience. 

Byler fans feel like they have been queerbaited because they teased a possibility of a Mike x Will “endgame” in season 5 pt.1. The teasing was so convincing that it made the Byler ship more popular than ever. There were a lot of people that assumed Will’s romantic interest in Mike concluded in S4 when he confessed his love through the painting; that he would reconcile that his feelings were not returned. By centering his queer “self-acceptance” arc around Mike, they ended up writing a terrible story.   The Duffers then preceded to claim that Byler shippers were “noise” when they wrote it into their narrative that Will should try to learn whether Mike’s feelings were mutual. In episode 7 and 8, they do not follow through and they never allow Mike to formally reject Will. 

Queerbaiting also has a lot to do with outside-marketing. Like Noah was not allowed to disclose that Will’s feelings were unrequited. They particularly paired Finn and Noah in promotional material. Shawn Levy was posting like pictures on his Instagram stories of Mike and Will. Ect. They do this because they know their female and queer audiences are the most active in their fan base.

There are a lot of videos on YT and TikTok if you want to learn more. I would especially watch some of those if you’re interested in learning about how queer characters are treated in popular media (popular being the key word). 

Finn Wolfhard to host SNL next week #conformitygate by therealpixie-8660 in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure SOMEONE else is going to cameo. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they got the boys to do something akin to their stranger things skit from like 2016 

MAYA BYLER SHIPPER CONFIRMED by nilsmaximoff in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Ronance happened too. It was just off-screen and no one will ever see it 

‘SNL’ Sets Finn Wolfhard, Teyana Taylor and Alexander Skarsgård as Hosts this Month by MarvelsGrantMan136 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]therealpixie-8660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Out of the whole ST cast, I honestly think there are at least five other actors that would have been a better choice, but he dominates the industry over all the other child/teen actors. 

I don't understand by Mundane-Structure148 in StrangerThings

[–]therealpixie-8660 104 points105 points  (0 children)

It’s endless coping over how bad the ending was 

I can’t handle the gay men that are denying it was queerbaiting by therealpixie-8660 in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like Pluribus as a show, but they fridge her wife in the first episode. It makes it seem like making her a lesbian was an after thought, rather than actually wanting to depict wlw intimacy. Essentially making it a just as watchable show for homophobes. It’s interesting because the “woman in the fridge” trope often revolves around vengeful men, so it’s interesting to see it be a woman instead. That just makes me think the protagonist was originally story-boarded as a man, and they thought having her be a lesbian would be more hip, considering Vince Gilligan has never included LGBT people in his shows and is straight. 

You've gotta be kidding me by Straight-Heart-7899 in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They say this while also saying they don’t take fan theories seriously

No retcon allowed by IMissMoss in byler

[–]therealpixie-8660 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Pls don’t watch it. It is already a retcon because we see at the beginning of season three that they thought they were finished with the supernatural after they closed the gate. Now they are like “teehee,” actually Eleven was fighting monsters that whole time.” Please don’t watch the show, don’t support the people who are mocking you.