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Wait so did Ivy finally dump kite man and did she not go thru w the wedding? I’ve been waiting to watch Bc I don’t trust the writers lol. And for some reason kite man seems to be popular with ppl which makes no sense to me Bc he was a total dick in the ep I watched.

Well. Well! She– Hmm. Okay. Soooo…no? Heh. HE realized how much she didn’t want to marry him and dumped her and left. >_>

I’m of two minds about it, tbh, because on the one hand, yes, it is absolutely clear to everyone, including the audience, that Ivy loves Harley, so if he left because she didn’t love him or HE left because she didn’t love him, same difference. But on the other hand, there was a TON of him and there’s just BEEN so much of him, and exactly as you said, people seem to love him and I don’t know if the writers get that when it comes to female characters, it doesn’t even matter if they’re the leads, people will jump at any chance to center men. So even though I don’t think they like, sidelined Harley or Ivy for him, you gotta just expect a certain reaction and account for it. Aside from the actual plot point of it still being nice if Ivy made the decision.

But like, to be very precise in this, it’s not that the disappointment I have for this ep is deep, I’m just working through having any at all. I’m mostly venting because I think they could have just so easily made different and better choices, or ones I preferred, anyway. I wouldn’t at all dissuade people from watching, especially the whole show. 

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Thanks for giffing I May Destroy You! I finally got around to watching and I love it. Me and Michaela are from the same country so I’m beyond excited that she not just wrote and directed the work, but that she also gets to star! It’s like watching myself and all the little bits(poc– esp black women as mains and not just like waitress or tokens! headscarfs!!) they add make it that much better. For such heavy subject matter, it’s complex and lively and I think lots of people really needed that.

You’re welcome! I’m glad you’re liking it, I also was quite wary of the premise, but as you said, it’s being treated in such a way that even I, an emotional coward, don’t find it overwhelming or too dark (although of course major trigger warnings for rape/sexual assault for anyone considering watching it). And yeah, it’s got such a distinctive tone. Have you seen Chewing Gum? Which is also her own show, as opposed to The Aliens and Black Earth Rising, which are quite clearly other people’s.