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Some Doom Patrol incorrect quotes that I made :] (pretty much all Larry and Rita oops-)
Larry: Do you take constructive criticism?
Rita: No, only cash or credit.
Larry: Name a more iconic duo than my crippling fear of abandonment and my anxiety. I’ll wait.
Rita: You and me!
Larry: *tearing up* Ok.
Rita: So I got this amazing plan!
Larry: We fail almost every time you say that.
Rita: Well this is the same! But with a hamster involved.
Larry: I need life advice.
Rita, sipping Gatorade and eating cookie dough: You came to the right person.
Larry: You know I think my life has value.
Cliff: Who are you and what have you done with Larry?!
Cliff: Everybody shut up, I'm thinking.
Larry, patting them on the back: Well, don’t think too hard. I wouldn’t want you to hurt yourself.
Can we talk about the inherit queerness of media that includes a group of people that have magic or superpowers? I recently started watching Doom Patrol, and I realized that this is enhanced in the show. They literally include drag queens and gender-nonconforming people as part of the main plot!! While they might not have nailed all the gender stuff (like saying Danny uses non binary pronouns instead of saying they use they/them), it's the purposeful placement of queer people in ostracized places that means a lot (at least to me). AND one of the main cast is a gay man!! From the 50s!! Who had to hide his queerness!! And now hides himself because of his "powers"!!
AND more of the main cast could be read as queer because of the nature of themselves (Rita thinking she's a monster for being queer or Cliff being trapped in a body that isn't his)!!
And it's not just Doom Patrol, although this is by far the best example I have at the moment.
Please tell me somebody else sees this. I can't be the only one seeing queer subtext in magic.
no one's done this right
I’ve only watched season 3 episode 1 of doom patrol and it’s already made me emotional
I love this show so god damn much
