and another thing I've noticed
Sep. 27th, 2023 05:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kindkitMore Taskmaster stuff, sorry. (Due to my back I'm home in bed even more than usual, and trying to distract myself from pain with bingeing.)
An observation on S10-S12 and early S13,
It occurred to me during S12 that when the show introduced social distancing in S10, the way Greg behaves towards Alex got much nastier and more hostile. Of course there was always an element of that, but balanced by flirting and especially by touch. Once touch wasn't possible, no more balance. Sometimes Greg's cruelty to Alex was so pronounced that I found it upsetting, even knowing Alex probably wrote the lines.
Then with S13, social distancing ends. Practically the first thing Greg does is caress Alex, and they're flirting all the time. Greg calls Alex little pet names and is seldom mean.
Almost certainly, negative viewer reactions to the harsh tone played a big role in the change. But the timing is interesting; there's a whole mini-history of emotional responses to social distancing in there.
If you were wondering: yes, I'm still super excited for S2 of Our Flag Means Death. But I'm also nervous--open fiction canons always give me fear that the story's going to go badly wrong. So Taskmaster is a good place for my fannish brain to be.
An observation on S10-S12 and early S13,
under the cut thing mostly for those who are tired of hearing about it.
It occurred to me during S12 that when the show introduced social distancing in S10, the way Greg behaves towards Alex got much nastier and more hostile. Of course there was always an element of that, but balanced by flirting and especially by touch. Once touch wasn't possible, no more balance. Sometimes Greg's cruelty to Alex was so pronounced that I found it upsetting, even knowing Alex probably wrote the lines.
Then with S13, social distancing ends. Practically the first thing Greg does is caress Alex, and they're flirting all the time. Greg calls Alex little pet names and is seldom mean.
Almost certainly, negative viewer reactions to the harsh tone played a big role in the change. But the timing is interesting; there's a whole mini-history of emotional responses to social distancing in there.
If you were wondering: yes, I'm still super excited for S2 of Our Flag Means Death. But I'm also nervous--open fiction canons always give me fear that the story's going to go badly wrong. So Taskmaster is a good place for my fannish brain to be.
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Date: 2023-09-28 04:40 pm (UTC)Then with S13, social distancing ends. Practically the first thing Greg does is caress Alex, and they're flirting all the time. Greg calls Alex little pet names and is seldom mean.
Almost certainly, negative viewer reactions to the harsh tone played a big role in the change. But the timing is interesting; there's a whole mini-history of emotional responses to social distancing in there.
I don't have anything insightful to say here, but this is completely fascinating.