#dandelionbreaks

if you DEFECT to some COOLER QUEER TRIVIA TEAM i will support and love you bc your health and growth is also important even if i would really miss you

idk, I’m tempted to watch it just for her (I’ve watched worse things for other actresses… Lucy Lawless I’m looking at you) but I’ve never been into X-Men and the premise doesn’t really interest me… like, it would have to be really unique and well done to get me to watch another Heroes-type show. 

Some fans have said that the “one true pair,” or the real love story of Halt and Catch Fire, is Cameron and Donna. Do you agree?

Mackenzie Davis: Oh, I totally agree. I think it’s a really true love story, too—there’s a lot of compromise and really trying to be better, for the other person. It’s hard love. 

[source] 

:) 

it’s not a sexual relationship and I haven’t seen enough yet to speak to whether it could be considered queerbaiting, but in many ways watching the dynamic between them feels like watching a marriage, because they’re partners trying to navigate all the challenges (communication, mutual support vs independence, work/life balance) therein. personally I don’t really need/expect it to be overtly romantic, it’s just such a joy getting to invest in a complex relationship between two ambitious women who aren't pitted as rivals.

There are women onscreen from the beginning, actually! Joss Carter, played by Taraji P. Henson, is on the main cast from the start. Admittedly, the proportion of dudes onscreen in S1 is quite high. I wouldn’t recommend skipping it altogether, because it does deal with some character stuff and introduce a number of recurring characters that show up throughout the series. That said, I admit that S1 did bore me a little, so if you want to fast-forward here’s what I’d suggest:

Watch the pilot, duh, so you know wtf it’s about. Then watch 1x04, “Cura Te Ipsum,” to get a feel for things. 1x06, “The Fix,” which introduces recurring character Zoe Morgan. 1x09 “Get Carter.” 1x13 introduces Root kinda, 1x23 brings her in for real. I think it’s worthy watching the entirety of season 2, but if you want to cherry-pick through that too then you need to watch 2x01 “The Contingency” and 2x02 “Bad Code,” which are awesome. 2x16 introduces Shaw, and from there it’s off to the races. 

NOTHING WOULD MAKE ME HAPPIER. 

(Although I will say right off the bat that it is not a fluffy show, there is a lot angst and violence, so it might not be suited to your tastes specifically. c: )

BUT. For those who have noticed an uptick in POI on their dash (mostly as a result of the two ladies doin the dirty) and want to know more, here is A Primer:

Person of Interest is about the genesis of an artificial intelligence program created after 9/11 to stop acts of terror. It’s a surveillance machine that detects threats of violent crime and separates them into two lists: relevant (terror threats) and irrelevant (regular ol’ crime). While the government receives the terror threats, Our Intrepid Heroes, aka “Team Machine,” dedicate themselves to the so-called irrelevants; they try to stop crimes/homicides before they happen.

Team Machine is composed of: 

Harold Finch, a wealthy software engineer, the creator of the machine.

John Reese, a former CIA agent

Joss Carter, NYPD homicide detective, “good cop”

Lionel Fusco, also a homicide detective, “bad cop”

Samantha “Root” Groves, sorta sadistic perky hacker with a messianic complex

Sameen Shaw, ex-government special ops assassin 

Bear - a dog.

Seasons 1-2 are mostly a “case of the week” format, dealing with the prevention of individual crimes, while season 3 onward shifts to a more serialized story about the conflict between dueling Artificial Intelligences and their human agents. (s1 is a little boring but it’s well worth watching for how great the show gets as it progresses). 

Key Reasons to Watch:

the growth of the characters and their relationships to one another are really!!! important!!!

possibly the only show I’ve ever seen that doesn’t have a clunker season in the middle. the show gets more compelling as it goes on, not less.

other shows’ lesbians are getting sniped left and right, whereas POI has an Immortal Lesbian who has been shot like half a dozen times, can bring knife to gun fight and win.

instead of no-homo’ing the gay subtext, they go right ahead and confirm it, avoiding the potential queerbait to give us instead a beautiful slowly-developed and intense relationship.

Sarah Shahi’s muscles

Amy Acker’s face

Fusco is my favorite son

Joss Carter is everything

The Machine is a fully realized character in her own right and her development/progression is amazing and emotional as hell, like suddenly it’s the end of season 2 and you’re crying over how much you love a fictional piece of software

above all else, the show actually respects its characters and does right by them at every turn. 

(If you’re coming at this out of curiosity for Root/Shaw and you don’t mind some **spoilers** (and if you’ve been on this blog, sorry to say, you’ve been at least somewhat spoiled) you could watch this amazing fanvid as a trailer for the season currently airing. It’s ship-centric but it also does a good job conveying the mood, tone, and style of the show.)