Just A Guy

RAMBLINGS AHEAD BEWARE:

ofc I have to yap, too.

it was such a good show!! to be completely honest I tried to watch the first episode a few months ago and just couldn't get into it (im very sensitive to second hand embarrassment/ cringe) but im so glad my friend asked me to watch it with them! I get bored of shows easily but that didnt happen to me with this one. it was a really fun, sweet, fantastical plot with the most damaged characters you can imagine and im so pissed ill never see their happy ending on screen.

the character development, writing, and acting was so incredible! I was laughing at them mocking eachothers accents one second and bawling my eyes out the next. I really appreciate that the fact that theyre children wasnt lost. they made so many dumb decisions, and it was so refreshing to be yelling at the TV screen for something in character. I loved that they all got their moments of teenage angst and genuine struggle, and that they had space in the storyline to be messy and complicated and traumatized. despite going through crazy, fantastical things daily, the root of their issues were all rooted in mundane, fairly common experiences and that made them feel grounded in reality even while walking through mirrors and using psychic powers. also.

also shout out costuming department for 1. all of the cool outfits and 2. giving charles and edwin fuck ass shoes. like the ugliest shoes imaginable. theyre the type of guys to have ugly shoes and i appreciate that

AND THE YEARNING. THE YEARNING. actually insane that these teenage boys went that long without realizing their feelings for eachother but ig thats what growing up in a homophobic (and ultra homophobic) time period will do to you. I have so many hozier songs for them. for all of them actually.