Ugh, Intervention Time

happy new year, everybody!

I played Until Dawn Remake.

emily is such a dork

to be clear, this isn't about whether someone feels or doesn't feel romantic chemistry. that's just personal preference, which is obviously individual and subjective.

i don’t think emily likes sam’s dog guys

sure why not

but like. this is what makes the m/m and f/f ships hit extra hard for me. this is a group that divides pretty neatly into m/f pairs and, given the time period they grew up in, they'd likely be drowning in comphet. as a queer person (especially one who grew up in that same time period), it's so validating to depict them seeing the person society dictates they should be romantically interested in, the Obvious Choice - and then not feeling that romantic interest, finding it somewhere they didn't expect.

jess and em realizing that, actually, neither of them wants to be with mike! and that in hindsight, their intense negative reactions to each other's boyfriends had more to do with their feelings for each other than the boys themselves.

chris and ash as super close friends who commiserate over the fact that everyone assumes they are or should be together, simply because ash is into guys and chris is into girls (and guys). they love each other, one hundred percent, but not like that.

gay josh and lesbian sam discovering themselves side by side, confiding in each other before they open up to anyone else. this is their connection.

they are not getting that off

I played Until Dawn Remake.