HUMAN MEDIA SEVERELY LACKS RELATIONSHIP DIVERSITY AND FRANKLY IT PISSES ME OFF. HUMAN ROMANCE IS SO EXPANSIVE AND YET HALF OF THE TIME THEY CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON THE SAME GENRE OF RELATIONSHIP BULLSHITTERY. THERE'S SO MUCH LOST POTENTIAL. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I ENJOY MOST HUMAN ROMCOMS. WHILE THEY CAN CERTAINLY BE REPETITIVE THEY'RE ALSO ENTERTAINING AND PREDICTABLE. THAT'S A POSITIVE THING SOMETIMES. ONE THING ALTERNIAN FILMS DO GREAT IS THEIR EXPLORATION OF DIFFERENT DYNAMICS BETWEEN ALL GENDERS AND NAVIGATING DIVERSE TYPES OF ROMANCE. OBVIOUSLY, HUMAN ROMANCE ISN'T DIVIDED INTO QUADRANTS. WE KNOW THAT. BUT FROM MY OBSERVATIONS (OBSERVATIONS THAT I THINK ARE PRETTY FUCKING GREAT CONSIDERING I'VE BEEN SURROUNDED BY THESE FUCKS FOR SWEEPS!), THERE ARE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT ROMANCE TYPES WITH HUMANS. IT'S SO NUANCED IN AN ALMOST IRRITATING MANNER. THEY BARELY EVEN HAVE NAMES FOR IT, THEY JUST CALL IT "LOVE". ANYWAY. DUE TO HUMANS AND THEIR PREJUDICED NATURE REGARDING SEXUALITY AND EXPRESSION, SOME OF THESE DYNAMICS ARE LACKING. WHEN THEY *DO* ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE DIVERSE RELATIONSHIPS THEY JUST END UP FALLING FLAT BECAUSE 99% OF THE TIME NOBODY PUTS CARE AND EFFORT INTO IT. I HATE IT. IF ANYONE HAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHEN HUMAN ROMANCE FILMS SUCCEED AT PROPER EXPRESSION OF DIVERSITY, LIKE MAYBE A FANTASTIC QUEER LOVE FILM, PLEASE FUCKING TELL ME. I NEED IT.
B33 < karkat this is a peak take thank you fur sharing it B33 < the difursity of human romance is so CLAWMPLETELY LOST on the majority of directors who just want a shitty b plot about infidelity or whatefur in their meowvie B33 < have you s33n shape of water B33 < id try to subject you to steven universe but thats purr me self indulgence and also a whole cartoon series B33 < i think youd like peridot
DAVE LIKES STEVEN UNIVERSE, MAYBE I SHOULD WATCH IT...
B33 < if you n33d another watch buddy i would love to but zero purressure