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soc_puppetArgh, I really meant to get some crocheting in today. At least one hippo, maybe several. Or maybe a griffin, or some more corn, or a dragon... Instead, the day got a bit away from me. Hopefully tomorrow!
I ended up catching the first episode of Astrid & Lilly Save the World on Syfy (and yes, I'm still a bit grumpy over the channel's name change). Main selling point for me was the fact that it's focused on two fat(!) high-school girls as the heroes(!!!) in a monster-of-the-week format. There's definitely some elements of parody, but not with the girls themselves as the focus, if that makes sense? Like, the show's making fun of the genre, but not at the expense of the main characters; they're treated sympathetically by the narrative, and where the parody bits come in, Astrid and Lilly are basically pissed off at how ridiculous the things are. (They track monsters with an extra powerful sense of smell and leg spasms, respectively.) Lampshading or lampooning of tropes or something? IDK.
There is definitely some bullying and some elements of embarrassment squick, which made the first half of the episode rather rough to watch, but Astrid and Lilly managed to more-or-less pull through and come out the other side by the end. All in all, I'd probably watch more, and I hope it does well and grows a fandom that isn't horrifically fatphobic towards them/doesn't thinwash them/etc.
If you decide to give it a go, then warnings above for some fatphobia, fat-based bullying, some spying on the part of our main characters (which def made me uncomfortable), as well as torture of humans by a monster, some gore, and eye trauma. (Is this series based off of some edgy-ish YA novel series? Because I could see that.)
I ended up catching the first episode of Astrid & Lilly Save the World on Syfy (and yes, I'm still a bit grumpy over the channel's name change). Main selling point for me was the fact that it's focused on two fat(!) high-school girls as the heroes(!!!) in a monster-of-the-week format. There's definitely some elements of parody, but not with the girls themselves as the focus, if that makes sense? Like, the show's making fun of the genre, but not at the expense of the main characters; they're treated sympathetically by the narrative, and where the parody bits come in, Astrid and Lilly are basically pissed off at how ridiculous the things are. (They track monsters with an extra powerful sense of smell and leg spasms, respectively.) Lampshading or lampooning of tropes or something? IDK.
There is definitely some bullying and some elements of embarrassment squick, which made the first half of the episode rather rough to watch, but Astrid and Lilly managed to more-or-less pull through and come out the other side by the end. All in all, I'd probably watch more, and I hope it does well and grows a fandom that isn't horrifically fatphobic towards them/doesn't thinwash them/etc.
If you decide to give it a go, then warnings above for some fatphobia, fat-based bullying, some spying on the part of our main characters (which def made me uncomfortable), as well as torture of humans by a monster, some gore, and eye trauma. (Is this series based off of some edgy-ish YA novel series? Because I could see that.)
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Date: 2022-01-28 07:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-28 05:49 pm (UTC)and also watch the first half through your fingers because aaaugh,and you might like it. I'm probably going to give it another episode or two at least before I make up my mind, because pilot episodes can be weird.