rather than death of the author i subscribe to a critical framework i like to refer to as Schrodinger’s Author where the authors intentions are important except for when i dont like them
Mite b an invalid opinion but the blown up jacques & olivia storyline in s2? could not have CARED less, prime example of heteroidiotic plots sucking the interest out of good stories & diverting attention away from Actual good characters (like violet klaus or sunny) like yal wonder why the hostile hospital eps were so good?Guess who wasnt fucking in them
like js maybe the jacques/olivia bs in s2 would have been SLIGHTLY more interesting if they were actually the characters Jacques & Olivia (read: Stammering Scared Shitless & Morally Gray) instead of Pale incompetent lady librarian x Slightly more competent smooth spy thriller protagonist
not only is the Pure Heterosexual Love storyline stupid & unnecessary but showing all the vfd shit from vfd’s POV completely ruins (A) the allure of the mystery in the books which is the baudelaires putting everything together piece by piece, (B) the theme of the books which is every adult is incompetent & even those who are goodhearted & will help u are not to be trusted, and C) the notion that VFD itself is morally gray & untrustworthy much like the ppl working for it, instead of Gang of Fly Spies in Cool Jumpsuits Who Climb The Sides Of Skyscrapers Like Spiderman ™
THIS ONE TIME A KID IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS LATE GETTING HOME BECAUSE HE WAS BUYING DRUGS SO HE TOLD HIS MOM HE GOT KIDNAPPED AND SHE MADE HIM REPORT IT TO THE POLICE AND HE DESCRIBED THE KIDNAPPER AS COUNT OLAF AND THEN THIS HAPPENED
people on here think every attractive-if-you’ve-been-drinking fictional male villain with long hair is queer coded and i’m just like, none of these people know what coding means or what it looks like and probably none of them know what someone trying to be noticeably gay irl looks like either
kylo ren isn’t queer coded severus snape isn’t queer coded people are mixing up wishful thinking with intentional character writing and i can’t tell if it’s on purpose or not
i mean i guess you could take this to mean “every and any creepy fictional character is meant to be read as lgbt because i think lgbt people have a creepy quality to them” which is, a definite possibility but maybe a cynical read. it’s probably just wishful thinking and a lack of media literacy.
hey, that was a long one so lets take a rest before jumping into the new year
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thanks as always for your support and love. I’ll be putting this up on INPRNT tomorrow (and sending myself a print of it to be reminded to take a break every now and again) so check in then if you want one.
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