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As someone who’s watching In the Dark: Jess didn’t sleep with Felix, she stopped when he pulled down his boxers and she said something along the lines “I’m SO gay”. Even though they made clear Jess is indeed a lesbian I wasn’t happy with the scene. It was so unnecessary: Jess wasn’t questioning her sexuality, it didn’t add anything to the storyline. Maybe the writer was also smoking pot writing that scene…

Oh, thanks for clarifying! And yes, even getting to this point JUST so they can make that joke…meh.

And another anon:

Lmao I was actually the one that started watching Bc of ur gifset ? But I knew the possibilities when I started another cw show lol. I’m 100% uninterested in any arc where Jess realizes she’s bi after being completely biphobic and secure in her identity as a lesbian. It’s bad messaging all around. And just plain bad writing. I’m so sick of storylines where lesbians gotta prove they’re gay by fucking a dude or where sexuality is only fluid for lesbians. I get ppl can be fluid irl, but still.

Oh lol, whoops. Glad you don’t hold it against me. 😛 And it looks like it isn’t Jess discovering she’s bi, but it still doesn’t help anything. Just, what even was the point… Gotta reinforce she’s a lesbian by having her actively not sleep with a man on screen? 

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shiiit harlots trailer is really packed! can’t wait for July to arrive!! And as always thanks for the gifs!

It is! Oh my gosh. 

First of all, MARGARET WELLLLLSSSS. When is she going to show up? Will she just like, hover around like a masked vigilante, and thus get to have long unexplained absences, or will she make contact with her family? Harlots’ trailers go pretty deep into the new seasons, so I’m imagining with Samantha Morton’s obligations to TWD, she’ll only show up in the second half, but whatever, I’m just happy she’s going to be there.

What all is going on with Isabella, hmm? And Charlotte, like, are they jointly hosting something with other fancy people? Who’s Charlotte what a bawd is to? And Isabella’s just gonna tell people she has a daughter?? And then there’s Theon and his story and Harriet and hers and Emily Lacey and Harcourt and the boxing guys and Lydia surely going to get her revenge. And! It took me a bit to place her, but Angela Griffin from the The Detail’s that new bawd who’s teaming up with Lucy for a m/m brothel? Hmmmm. It’s weird, this is the third time very recently I’ve been reminded that for gay men, the punishment was hanging. D: 

I’m not super happy about the absence of the Scanwells and Violet, all three were so important in their own way. Just have to wait, I guess, to see what happens there. I’m going to be sooo tense during July and August, with this show and Killjoys. Really need all the wlw to survive, please. 

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llikestarlight:

I’m not sure if you guys know what’s happening in Sudan right now cause all I’m seeing are posts about raising awareness without giving a proper coverage in regards to what’s happening there or how it all started. The Sudanese people have been peacefully protesting for months to remove Omar Al-Bashir from office (a dictator and a human rights violator, a president who has been in power for 3 decades. Mind you, Sudan has been an independent country only for 63 years). The pro-democracy protests were lead by an organization called The Sudanese Professionals Association (تجمع المهنيين السودانيين), a group lead by doctors and local unions. The oppressed minorities in the country with the less oppressed Arab majority lead by the SPA came together to overthrow Al-Bashir by peacefully protesting. A large number of protestors were women in front rows of every single protest since last December. The Sudanese people succeeded in overthrowing the government on 11 April 2019 but the military stepped in to run the transitional government, they’re the ones causing the recent killings, rape and violations you’re hearing about right now. The military ruling right now is composed of people like general Hemediti, a man who has been accused of human rights violation years ago for arming militias and unleashing them on the rebels and civilian farmers in Darfur. He was recorded a few days ago threatening protestors who want to see civilian rule. The SPA is fighting back by calling for civil disobedience and nationwide strike. They’re still fighting for their fundamental demands which started all of the protests. They’re fighting for a civilian government, empowering women and ending the brutal militias. The peaceful protestors are being killed, raped and arrested. There has been an internet blackout and people are being silenced. Spreading awareness and making people pay attention to the current events will aid a lot in ending the terror Sudanese people are facing. People have been protesting for months to end the country’s suffering by overthrowing a dictator, their hard work can not end in them being ruled by militias and new dictators. This can’t be how it ends for them and we need to help in changing that. We have to be their voice now, they rely on us. 

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Yup, dismissive of bisexuality to the end, along w having a lesbian fuck a guy Bc lesbians gotta sleep w dudes if they’re being a Nice Guy™ right?? Like!! Esp disgusting after they had the arc where Jess admits she’s never slept w a dude Bc she knew she was gay & was uninterested in men. Smfh. Idgaf if she was high or drunk, it makes it all grosser. I had a feeling it was coming Bc last couple eps had her & Felix solo hanging out, but I’m still a little surprised tbh. Thx for letting me vent lol

Yep, insulting to everyone. I thought it was coming, after that one ep where Murphy had to feel a dead body so they camped out at Felix’s house and then also when she helped him order weed, but after both those times they retreated away from it and I was like, they know better, they wouldn’t do that. Hmph.

To give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe they’ll have her come to terms with her own crappy attitude toward Vanessa, and she’ll realize she’s bi, but the road to getting here, after making such a big deal about her being a lesbian. It’s a terrible look. And no problem about the venting, I get that there aren’t many people watching and actually, I remember someone mentioning watching because I posted a gifset, so, I gotta take responsibility. 😛

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If u don’t mind the spoilers, it was seriously such bushit that I’m done even if they didn’t sleep together (which. I’m pretty sure they did Bc she was going for his belt when I turned it off). Jess told Vanessa that she cheated on her, then they broke up. Vanessa was devastated & crying about it, later Felix said Jess only cheated Bc she knew her relationship w Vanessa wasn’t going anywhere & Jess agreed. So they break up, but were still talking. (1/?)

So then Jess told Vanessa they’re breaking up Bc it was only fun for Vanessa & she needed more, & Vanessa said she couldn’t give her that (WHICH. JESS WAS THE ONE THAT CHEATED, WHY WAS VANESSA APOLOGETIC.) Also wtf was this arc! They legit said ily to each other & started out serious/domestic, then it went to as if they were just fooling around, then it went to Jess treating her like shit & Vanessa suddenly flighty/aloof?! Oh, & then Jess was upset Vanessa went back on tinder. Garbage plots.

I absolutely don’t mind the spoilers in this case, and I can understand you wanting to vent with the details, that sounds atrocious. I’m genuinely disappointed, I thought the CW had decided to do better in its f/f and in the last three years had stopped making two of its largest mistakes. It’s not just that it’s bad rep, it’s just bad writing? Flipping back and forth like that, characters being unobservant and self-centered and OOC for the plot. “Only fun” for Vanessa…so they just stuck with that bizarre dismissive attitude toward bisexual people to the end, huh.

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cw shows are so predictable that as soon as they start having a m/f friendship w solo scenes, u know exactly where it’s leading. SPoiler alert if ur not caught up on in the dark, but for real, as soon as CW shows start having a girl hang out w a guy, u know they’re setting up a hookup, even if the girl is a lesbian. ?? idk if Jess/ Felix actually slept together Bc I turned the ep off when they started making out, but in the dark did the fastest implosion of a lesbian arc I’ve seen so far.

Oh. I don’t like that. 

I wasn’t caught up, actually, but you know, in an earlier ep, I’d been thinking, huh, the friendship between these two is nice but I hope that’s how it remains, because as you said, just having a guy and girl hang out, EVEN IF THE GIRL IS A LESBIAN. Wow. Even making out, why…after all the emphasis on Jess’s being a lesbian to the point of like, shaming her poor gf for ever having been with a guy. Wow. Damn. Now I’m going to be super slow to catch up, if I ever do. But thanks for letting me know, and this is certainly a discussion point.