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Hightown

Hightown

I’m not sure if you watched Chicago Fire but Monica Raymund is in a new show called Hightown that has at least two different F/F relationships along with Riley Voelkel from The Originals/Legacies and it looks like they might have a thing. 

Me:

Ooooh, the trailer’s out?? 

I do remember her in Chicago Fire and if this is what she left for, great. 😀

Ahh, I knew Riley Voelkel was gonna be in it but I’m not sure if she’ll be an actual love interest. Hope she is, what else is the point!

This does look like–not a Stumptown copy, but similar in some key ways, and different as well! And like, there a million procedurals of any given flavor, two queer female rough-edged detective-led shows with a “town” in the name isn’t any kind of limit. 

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ratherembarrassing:

the reason this one feels different is because abbie had one trait that none of the others had. she was the hero of the story.

even if you don’t think there’s a vile strain of homophobia running through the industry at the moment, whether or not you believe women of color are woefully underrepresented on tv, no matter what your feelings about about misogyny as a motivator for people’s actions, you cannot deny a crap load of women have died on tv lately.

but abbie’s different, because she was the hero of the story and the story ends when the hero dies.

and for a show to kill its hero and go on without her, what they’re really telling people is she was never really the hero. it literally doesn’t matter why they did it. it just does. not. matter. because they’ve told us now that in the story they’re telling, abbie was so unimportant that they could do without her.

fuck you, sleepy hollow.

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ratherembarrassing:

the reason this one feels different is because abbie had one trait that none of the others had. she was the hero of the story.

even if you don’t think there’s a vile strain of homophobia running through the industry at the moment, whether or not you believe women of color are woefully underrepresented on tv, no matter what your feelings about about misogyny as a motivator for people’s actions, you cannot deny a crap load of women have died on tv lately.

but abbie’s different, because she was the hero of the story and the story ends when the hero dies.

and for a show to kill its hero and go on without her, what they’re really telling people is she was never really the hero. it literally doesn’t matter why they did it. it just does. not. matter. because they’ve told us now that in the story they’re telling, abbie was so unimportant that they could do without her.

fuck you, sleepy hollow.

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addictedtoangst replied to your post: Saving Hope – 3×17 – Maggie and Sydney

Syd’s storyline hit home for me too. I liked your comment about keeping halal vs queerness. It’s like that with me too – it’s funny what we give importance to when it comes to our cultural background. Also, I’m a huge fan of your gifs 🙂 – Ami

It does seem like we’ve got our priorities the wrong way around. 😛

I think it’s a matter of deciding your stance on things? Like, navigating life as even a semi-religious person, you’re faced with all kinds of choices, can I eat chewy candy, should I shake that dude’s hand, and once you’ve done it for the first time, you’ve justified it enough to kind of lock that in. “Okay, it’s just easier to shake hands than explain why not every time.” Maybe it’s not the right choice, but there it is.

So I’m still sticking to halal, and by this point it’s become a major thing, probably because it’s been so difficult at times. Queerness…yeah, I’ve decided to accept that there’s nothing wrong with it. I wouldn’t say I’m picking and choosing as to what’s more convenient to me personally, because believe me, I would muuuuch rather be eating cheeseburgers than…whatever, but that’s how it’s turned out. Like Syd, queerness is, well, all right (though I’m still worried deeeep down, I suppose), but breaking food laws? I don’t even know you!

And thanks! 🙂

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addictedtoangst replied to your post: Saving Hope – 3×17 – Maggie and Sydney

Syd’s storyline hit home for me too. I liked your comment about keeping halal vs queerness. It’s like that with me too – it’s funny what we give importance to when it comes to our cultural background. Also, I’m a huge fan of your gifs 🙂 – Ami

It does seem like we’ve got our priorities the wrong way around. 😛

I think it’s a matter of deciding your stance on things? Like, navigating life as even a semi-religious person, you’re faced with all kinds of choices, can I eat chewy candy, should I shake that dude’s hand, and once you’ve done it for the first time, you’ve justified it enough to kind of lock that in. “Okay, it’s just easier to shake hands than explain why not every time.” Maybe it’s not the right choice, but there it is.

So I’m still sticking to halal, and by this point it’s become a major thing, probably because it’s been so difficult at times. Queerness…yeah, I’ve decided to accept that there’s nothing wrong with it. I wouldn’t say I’m picking and choosing as to what’s more convenient to me personally, because believe me, I would muuuuch rather be eating cheeseburgers than…whatever, but that’s how it’s turned out. Like Syd, queerness is, well, all right (though I’m still worried deeeep down, I suppose), but breaking food laws? I don’t even know you!

And thanks! 🙂