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I Saw The TV Glow made me realise that Doctor Who made me non-binary; it being my Pink Opaque.
I saw the tv glow makes me mourn for everyone who felt like there wasn’t enough time. Everyone who thought their time was up and they just had to stay how they were. They had to stay dying.
There is still time.
There is Always still time.
the urge to run away forever and never tell anyone is calling me especially today
just watched i saw the tv glow i am so fucked up right now
Rip Aled Last you would've loved I saw the TV glow
My hot take is that I didn’t really enjoy I Saw The TV Glow actually.
I watched it with my gf bc I had heard that there was some good trans allegory in it but honestly we both just found it sort of goofy. That’s not to say that it’s a bad movie, I fully see why other people enjoy it, but even in trying to analyse what we had just watched once it was finished, neither of us really “got it” or enjoyed it that much.
oh boy I can't wait to watch this SPOOKY movie about a WEIRD OLD TV SHOW surely it won't give me an extremely striking narrative about being transgender
One of the many lasting impacts of that fucking movie is I’m no longer automatically agreeing the moon is safe or comfortable and that’s a shame, my own artistic appreciation aside.
if you can, stop what you're doing and look at the moon.
she's beautiful. she controls the tides. she protects us from space rocks.
she won't hurt you if you stare at her like the sun does.
the sun is beautiful and powerful and proud but also shy and does not want to be stared at.
the moon is beautiful and proud and she wants you to stare at her.
stop what you're doing and look at the moon.
When The Pink Opaque is on tv, it’s a different ratio aspect then the rest of the movie (i.e. the “real world” portions of the movie) and as you can see there is that black border on the sides indicating that it’s what’s being seen on tv. But when Isabel is being buried alive, it’s in the same ratio aspect as the “real world,” filling the whole screen, indicating that it’s not just what’s happening on tv but also in reality. Anyway I thought this was an interesting editing choice it kind of supports the idea that her death is real etc
I Saw the TV Glow (2024) dir. Jane Schoenbrun
ok so I went to see I Saw the TV Glow with one of my flatmates (who's a trans guy) and
oh
that hit me in a way I really didn't expect
we both just kind of sat there for a bit after the film ended
and I have no idea what was happening but I know exactly what was going on
but yeah
I feel like it spent about 100 minutes punching me in the gut before ripping me heart out of my chest
so
yeah
you should watch I Saw the TV Glow
more i saw the tv glow art because its so fuckin good!! this movie is so good
these two from my isttvg drawing separately
can't stop thinking about this movie tbh..
Every so often I go to the bathroom mirror and put on some eyeliner and some mascara and do a little bit of contouring and I'll ask the girl in the mirror "Is it time yet?" and the girl in the mirror will shake her head and smile sadly and say "Not yet. Not yet time." and I ask her why it isn't time yet and she tells me a new reason every time. This time I think she's running out of excuses, because she doesn't smile, she just stares at me and says "Because when the time comes you're going to destroy everything around you and then yourself, and you're not ready yet to start rebuilding. You're not ready yet to let yourself break down. All you're ready for right now is to stand in place and watch the clock keep ticking down to midnight. Only a few more minutes to go, baby girl."
And then I say, "So what happens next?" and she tells me, "Have you seen I Saw The TV Glow yet?" and I say "No, not yet." and she says, "You should watch it." and I say, "Okay."
Every so often I go to the bathroom mirror and put on some eyeliner and some mascara and do a little bit of contouring and I'll ask the girl in the mirror "Is it time yet?" and the girl in the mirror will shake her head and smile sadly and say "Not yet. Not yet time." and I ask her why it isn't time yet and she tells me a new reason every time. This time I think she's running out of excuses, because she doesn't smile, she just stares at me and says "Because when the time comes you're going to destroy everything around you and then yourself, and you're not ready yet to start rebuilding. You're not ready yet to let yourself break down. All you're ready for right now is to stand in place and watch the clock keep ticking down to midnight. Only a few more minutes to go, baby girl."
And then I say, "So what happens next?" and she tells me, "Have you seen I Saw The TV Glow yet?" and I say "No, not yet." and she says, "You should watch it." and I say, "Okay."
the public reaction to i saw the tv glow is like a perfect case study into how cis people take up queer spaces and unknowingly mock and enjoy trans suffering. sitting in the theater, i had a pit in my stomach the entire time. so many times, i would tear up and then someone else in the theater would laugh. and i wouldn’t cry because how would they look at me when the lights came back on? because they don’t see it. they don’t see the pain. they think it’s funny. i left the theater completely silent, not saying a word to my boyfriend and he didn’t say a word to me until partway into the drive home. the people around us immediately got to picking it apart, explaining what it all meant to each other, dumbing it down, making theories. cis people see the the movie, just like transness, as something to debate. a conversation. something to dissect because it makes them uncomfortable if they don’t understand it in their easily digestible way.
i just. when owen tried on isabel's magic dress and maddy blushed and smiled and hid in her hand. the intimacy in how she drew the symbol on the back of owen's neck. an out lesbian showing those feelings for a closeted, pre-transition trans girl who doesn't even seem to know that's true of herself yet. knowing her before she knows herself. don't speak to me i'm literally dust on the floor