Friendly reminder!! Don’t buy this game!! The people who worked on it have already been paid, this doesn’t need your support. Trans people are more important than a wizard school you can’t let go of. Don’t stab us in the back thanks ❤️
the whole point of #firstkill is that it's fun and campy the theme song alone tells u that it's not trying to take itself too seriously if ur disappointed bc u went into it expecting some intellectual masterpiece that is 100% on u
Also, if you court a queer audience, and know you have a dedicated queer audience, and you give them death as a payoff, it begs the question - did you value your audience?
We can’t be in a place where queer characters can never die, but there is a lot of nuance to BYG that should be considered by creators. Bly Manor was successful at having a queer character die without falling into this trope.
I think Bury Your Gays has a lot to do with timing. If queer happiness is fleeting, if death feels like a punishment for that happiness, that walks a dangerous line. I think my frustration with #KillingEve is that a. the source material gives them a happy ending b. The timing
Saying Eve coming out of the water marks Eve’s rebirth is another proof that Laura Neal DOESN’T UNDERSTAND her.
Eve’s rebirth WAS Villanelle.
Coming out of the water without her wasn’t the beginning of a new life, it was the ENDING of it. Her agonizing scream shows that.
lexa: gets taught that love is weakness, wants love, finds her love, gets shot, dies
villanelle: gets taught she’s an unlovable monster, wants love, finds her love, gets shot, dies