#tms3

We need to remember what show we are in. Most of the show has been about sexual misconduct in the work place. Corey is Bradley’s boss. And I just can’t get past that. And the way he goes behind Bradleys back in order to “take care of her” is just a major red flag. He tries to control her, and justifies is with it being for her best interest, that is literally one of the most toxic traits someone can have. So yeah, Corey is a male manipulator. And as much as I do like him we need to establish the fact that he is an antagonist.

I get the fact why some people oppose Laura. She’s confident in who she is, she’s gone to therapy and has this maturity many people only dream off. It can come off as intimidating. But the relationship she has with Bradley is healthy. They care for each other, they aren’t trying to benefit from one another. I’ve seen some people saying Laura’s using Bradley to get some kind of rep with UBA which makes no sense at all. She is well established on her own, as is Bradley.

By ep10, Laura has laid out her concerns that if Bradley doesn’t put up boundaries for her family she will never heal from her traumatic childhood and as harsh as it sounds it is the truth.  I have bipolar disorder myself, I know how hard it is on my family. I personally have not dealt with addiction but I know people who’s families have been destroyed by it. Bradley has tried, she has paid for Hal’s rehab in the past and ha been there for him, unconditionally. With no results. The idea that we are responsible for our family members, and that we have to lose ourselves for them is very patriarchal. And Laura does not manipulate Bradley to cut Hal off, she does not order her to do so. She laid out her concerns and gave her, good healthy advise. 

In contrast to Laura, Cory immediately jumps to help Bradley to search for Hal. But we need to know that there is another reason for him to be doing that and that being that he is responsible for Hal coming to NYC, Hal losing it over Bradley’s outing (which was h o r r i b l e and traumatic for me as a queer person btw) by being the one who outed Bradley in the first place. We knew that Corey had feelings for Bradley because he got hurt when he heard the gossip about her and Laura. He sleazes his way to get a permission to run the story, by again, manipulating her. He did not out Bradley just because they wanted to protect Hannah, he outed Bradley and Laura because in a way he felt it was his right by, in his mind, being led on by Bradley. And in the midst for searching for Hal, he decides to have this moment to declare his love for Bradley, which in my opinion just further tells us he isn’t doing anything for Bradley, or Hal, or anyone but himself. It is not romantic, is is not friendship. It is greed.

So to sum it up I really hope the show won’t start running in circles, because that’s what happens of they try to make Corey and Bradley a couple. I get the excitement, but it’s not sustainable. Laura and Bradley could make a sustainable, loving, caring couple and that is something that the LGBTQ+ community still needs to see be represented on tv, especially for wlw couples. If they used Bradley’s plot line of her exploring her sexuality to only further plot twists for her to end up with Corey? That is in my opinion homophobic storytelling and it needs to be addressed. 

And if that is the way they choose to take the story I won't be tuning in for s3. 

Yes yes yes!

Hwang daseul already did the impossible, a second season that was better than the first, for those who have enjoyed this show (i keep saying the word enjoy as if i have not just spent days crying actual tears over this show) and her other works, i think we are all curious to see what she would do with a third season

So here are things i wish to see in a season 3:

more of seojoons flaws, sometimes seojoon feels too good to be true, even his shortcomings are lovable, seojoon loves too hard and forgives too easily. i would like to seojoon being a bit annoying, what does it looks like when he is being overly sensitive? 

I want see more of jiwoos effort to communicate and show his feelings

them coming out, someone actually saying the word gay or bisexual, this is really difficult expecially in s.koreas entertainment industry, but there is no one i would trust to take on this topic other than director hwang 

more on seojoons relationship with his parents, have seojoon shared with jiwoo the full story about his parents? what would happen when they find out about sejiwoos relationship? 

them going to therapy

i would really love to see seojoon and jiwoo as parents, i feel like that would be healing for me T_T

more of yooha and her mom 

Pilhyun, the MVP of this show, getting his happy ending, i’m so looking forward to what he would wear in the next season, imagine his summer fashion!!

The theme of the Taskmaster House shifts from season to season. It's often quite subtle, but frequently most noticeable through the large portrait of Greg in the living room, which changes to reflect a particular artistic style:

Series 1 has the picture reference Shot Marilyns by Andy Warhol.

Series 2 references Le Sommeil (Sleep) by Salvador Dalí.

Series 3 is based off of Oh, Jeff...I Love You, Too...But... by Roy Lichtenstein.

Series 4 has a picture of Greg painted in the style of one of many of the Vincent van Gogh self-portraits.

Series 5 has the picture parody of The Son of Man by René Magritte.

For Champion of Champions, the main portrait was of Greg as a king, wearing a crown and royal garb. Many things around the house were made gold.

Series 6 has a portrait that references Hand with Reflecting Sphere by M. C. Escher.

Series 7 generally homages Pablo Picasso's "Cubism" style, but specifically riffs on Seated Woman.

Series 8 has a picture that is an original piece made for the show, which references various anime villain tropes; Greg with Tsurime Eyes, an Eyepatch Of Power, holding a cane with a metal hand.

Series 9 has a picture of Greg made up of vegetables, in the style of the painting Vertumnus by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

Series 10 adopts a western theme, with the picture of Greg being styled as a colourised old-timey photograph of him dressed as Wild Bill Hickok.

Taskmaster's New Year Treat special has a classic cinema theme, with Greg's black-and-white portrait referencing Buster Keaton. The lounge is decorated with a red curtain, with movie theatre props like a popcorn machine, a movie reel, and a projector.

Series 11 is themed around Soviet Russia, as Greg and the Taskmaster house can be seen in a propaganda poster which reads "СОЗДАТЕЛЬ ЗАДАЧИ ЗАДАЧИ НАША ОБЯЗАННОСТЬ", which roughly translates to "CREATOR OF TASKS, TASKS ARE OUR DUTY". Linda the Cow is now wearing an ushanka, as opposed to the Stetson previously worn in Series 10.

Again, these are great asks and don’t apologise for venting. Sometimes, like with shit like this, venting is the only way to cope.

(Everybody else, STOP READING unless you’re up for a shit ton of negativity and swearing. I mean it. Do something happy instead).