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00:00:00Do yourself and the world a favour and just get therapy.
00:00:06I don't think therapy is a sign of weakness to you, but you know, it would make people's
00:00:15lives a bit better.
00:00:46I wonder if Ant was the one who sent you that ask years ago about wanting a transgender
00:01:01cannibal.
00:01:02Probably.
00:01:03Once.
00:01:04Oh my god, I'm not even surprised.
00:02:10I bet Courtney had a crush on Ursula.
00:02:25Oh no, Courtney had a much more worrying crush.
00:02:28I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know,
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00:05:05Oh
00:05:17Come on you've got to have HD versions here somewhere
00:05:27I'll take the ghosting
00:05:29Oh
00:05:34This is that we need more bad gay rep loser, yeah, man
00:05:45I just don't get these people. Honestly, I mean either
00:05:54Just fucking losers
00:05:59I
00:06:29Oh
00:06:36The fuck is that guy's deal anyway, I don't know he really hates trans women
00:06:59You
00:07:30You
00:07:40Apparently he was like obsessively posting about me so much that his own audience was just like dude move the fuck on
00:07:59You
00:08:01You
00:08:24Better than when I'm nostalgic for just straight-up bigotry. I'm just inclined to go with internalized bigotry neatly once again
00:08:31No need to put more thought into it than necessarily once again
00:08:34There's a casual air with which a gay character can just exist and everyone treats. It is so mundane
00:08:39That they're all giggling about Nikki's new girlfriend
00:08:45Almost immediately once again, all right
00:08:5612 16
00:09:01Guy has she given you a gift
00:09:06I'm heading back to the barn
00:09:08See you Nick catch up with you in a sec. Who's that Nick?
00:09:12That's Jean the new girl when you like so much. Yeah, she's totally into you
00:09:18It's kind of obvious. I caught that. Yep. Oh, you're all wrong
00:09:31Clocks Jean is gay almost immediately
00:09:36Yeah, she's totally into you
00:09:42Who's that Nick that's Jean
00:09:46Nick that's Jean the new girl when you like so much. Yeah, she's totally into you
00:09:52It's kind of obvious. I caught that. Yep. Oh, you're all wrong
00:10:01You
00:10:03Can just exist and everyone treats it is so mundane that they're all giggling about Nikki's new girlfriend
00:10:08Actually that happens earlier in the episode as well
00:10:13Nice some guys
00:10:22But that mean guys snap out of it the dances in three days
00:10:27Other guys because all the girls are out there thinking like guys
00:10:31If you want to get asked out you have to start thinking like a girl because all the girls are out there
00:10:37Thinking like guys and guys don't ask out other guys. Some guys ask out of they're not the conversation. We're having
00:10:48To start thinking like a girl
00:10:53Other
00:10:56Also, this is the episode where that Tumblr meme comes from.
00:11:24Nicky tries to subtly figure out if Gene is actually gay without actually saying it.
00:11:27You know, that'll...
00:11:28And so when something is created...
00:11:30With a character talking very frankly about being gay, burned out and left.
00:11:33In discussions of...
00:11:35Snake.
00:11:35Through all of that, 14 seconds later, and that's actually the last we ever see of...
00:11:39Why does my audio recording later on always seem to taper off into like this weird muffle?
00:11:47I think I'm not talking directly into the mic enough.
00:11:49I keep positioning myself away from the mic like this,
00:11:52and there's like...
00:11:53There's a...
00:11:54There's a very big difference between like where you're positioned to the mic,
00:11:57in terms of how you pick it up,
00:11:59because it's...
00:11:59It's...
00:12:00It picks it up...
00:12:00It picks up audio in one direction.
00:12:03Like, I can't...
00:12:04I can't turn the mic around and speak into it this way.
00:12:07Like, that just doesn't work.
00:12:17Through his Harry Potter video, and while getting...
00:12:19...
00:12:21Bored, when he started talking about Earth and Sea, of all things.
00:12:26There's some videos that...
00:12:27Lillie and Ed also...
00:12:30Which he also deliciously dodged, in which he said,
00:12:32This is personal.
00:12:33I immediately clocked he's going to be a wackadoodle.
00:12:35This was right before he started screeching about Lillie day and night.
00:12:38Yeah, like...
00:12:39Screeching about my Pokemon video was the first time he'd ever actually gotten any actual traffic.
00:12:44And so he just started doing that.
00:12:49...
00:12:54Doesn't make sense.
00:12:55...
00:13:00Obviously very...
00:13:03Excuse me?
00:13:05Huh?
00:13:05Oh, come on.
00:13:07Suit is gonna reek.
00:13:08Nikki hasn't asked me to the dance yet,
00:13:10so I'm just laying out a little sugar to catch my snake.
00:13:13Flies.
00:13:14Sugar catches flies.
00:13:16What catches snakes?
00:13:17You gotta wear a snake.
00:13:18...
00:13:22So I'm just laying...
00:13:22...
00:13:26Flies.
00:13:27Sugar catches flies.
00:13:28What catches snakes?
00:13:30Gotta wear a snake trap.
00:13:31No, you need those metal sticks with the grabber at the end.
00:13:34My grandmother uses those to get cereal down from her cupboard.
00:13:37Why are there snake in your grandmother's cereal?
00:13:40Caitlin, wait.
00:13:43...
00:13:43Her cereal.
00:13:44Anyway, now wracked with insecurity,
00:13:46Nikki tries to subtly figure out if Gene is actually gay
00:13:48without actually saying it.
00:13:50You know, that old chestnut.
00:13:51Something even Braceface didn't manage to get away from.
00:13:53I'm swimming in the shallow end.
00:13:55Actually saying it.
00:13:56You know, that old chestnut.
00:13:57Something even Brace...
00:13:58Not sometimes...
00:13:59...
00:14:01Something even Braceface didn't manage to get away from.
00:14:03...
00:14:06I'm swimming in the shallow end.
00:14:08...
00:14:11Ah, yes.
00:14:11The OG pissing on the poor meme.
00:14:14However, Gene just cuts through all of it.
00:14:161417.
00:14:17...
00:14:19Away from.
00:14:20I'm swimming...
00:14:20...
00:14:22Gene just cuts through all of that.
00:14:241417.
00:14:25...
00:14:27So, um, I guess you got to meet some cool guys while traveling all over the...
00:14:31Any special guy out there pining for you?
00:14:34Nah.
00:14:35Well, there must have been one guy, you know, somewhere...
00:14:39Well, there must have been one guy, you know, somewhere...
00:14:42Some guy...
00:14:44Any guy...
00:14:45Nick.
00:14:46If you're trying to find out if I'm gay, it's okay to just ask.
00:14:50What?
00:14:52If you're...
00:14:53Guy...
00:14:54Nick.
00:14:55Nick.
00:14:56If you're trying to find out if I'm gay, it's okay to just ask.
00:15:01What? No, no.
00:15:02I was...
00:15:02It's not like I was...
00:15:03Yes.
00:15:04I'm into girls.
00:15:05And I'm really flattered.
00:15:08But I already have a date for the dance tonight.
00:15:11Oh.
00:15:12Kay?
00:15:13Are we all right?
00:15:14Still friends?
00:15:15Yeah, yeah.
00:15:18She's just too darn cool.
00:15:23Nikki has a gay crush?
00:15:27Okay, I am definitely not going to get away with this, so...
00:15:35If you're trying to find out if I'm gay, it's okay to just ask.
00:15:41It's not like I was...
00:15:42Yes.
00:15:44I'm into girls.
00:15:45And I'm really flattered.
00:15:47But I already have a date for the dance tonight.
00:15:52Still friends?
00:15:56Kay?
00:15:57Are we all right?
00:15:59Are we all right?
00:16:02Dance tonight.
00:16:03Are we all right?
00:16:04Still friends?
00:16:05Yeah, yeah.
00:16:08She's just too darn cool.
00:16:10Okay, I am definitely not going to get away with this, so...
00:16:13She's just too darn cool.
00:16:17Aww.
00:16:21And that's it.
00:16:21Nikki's me with you.
00:16:22This is my girlfriend during the dance later,
00:16:24and that's actually the last we ever see of Jean.
00:16:26Sixteen dedicated a single subplot of a single episode
00:16:28to a character for whom being gay
00:16:30is such a straightforward part of themselves
00:16:32that it's talked about so casually.
00:16:34Sure, Jean is a one-off bit character,
00:16:36but at no point is she made to hide behind metaphors,
00:16:39at no point is she made the butt of the joke,
00:16:41and at no point are you expected to follow the showrunner's live streams
00:16:44in order to figure out if she's actually gay.
00:16:45This is 2010, four years before Korra and Asami held hands into the Spirit Portal.
00:16:50In fact, compared to Dion, who is a regular member of the cast
00:16:53and gets a few episodes dedicated specifically to him,
00:16:55this is actually a backstory of the showrunner's life.
00:16:58As a matter of fact,
00:16:59the showrunner's life is pretty much the same as the showrunner's life.
00:17:02To him, this is actually a backslide.
00:17:04Both Braceface and Sixteen...
00:17:06So to see them go from a regular recurring character
00:17:08to a single bit character,
00:17:10and actually a few more, but I can't...
00:17:11It's a touch odd, but the shows ultimately have different...
00:17:14But it's a touch odd?
00:17:16People may forget this,
00:17:17but the prevailing attitude about...
00:17:21To him, this is actually a backslide.
00:17:23People may forget this,
00:17:23but the prevailing attitude about writing gay characters in 2010 was that...
00:17:27You have to be subtle.
00:17:28You can't just say it outright.
00:17:31You gotta be subtle.
00:17:35Ten was that...
00:17:36You can't just say it outright.
00:17:38You gotta be subtle.
00:17:40This wasn't just homophobes saying this,
00:17:42this was actual gay people saying this as well,
00:17:45saying it was better to sneak under the radar.
00:17:48And two Nelvana series just straight up refused to do that,
00:17:51to varying degrees of enthusiasm.
00:17:53Still, I like Jean.
00:17:54I might be...
00:17:55She might be in only...
00:17:56She might be in only one episode, but it's a good episode.
00:18:00She might be in only one episode, but it's a good episode.
00:18:03Sixteen in general had better writing than most animated shows of its day,
00:18:06and it even had an episode about periods years before turning red,
00:18:09made it acceptable to talk about it on American TV.
00:18:14I'd say if you like delving into animation history, Sixteen should be on your radar.
00:18:19Lloyd in space, zoit.
00:18:30...
00:18:36YouTube claps people for copying 16 clips.
00:18:38YouTube claps people for copying one clip.
00:18:45I mean, it's fucking brutal.
00:18:48I've kind of figured out the trick lately though,
00:18:50is that if you're using clips under 10 seconds,
00:18:53content ID just will not flag it.
00:18:57Hence why I broke it up like this.
00:19:01Whatever.
00:19:07Doesn't work all the time, but...
00:19:10It works reliably enough that I would advise people for it.
00:19:16By the way, someone sent...
00:19:17Someone said you fat up.
00:19:23Must be in my email then.
00:19:25Oh, there we go.
00:19:26Yeah.
00:19:29Aw.
00:19:35It's us.
00:19:43Oh, that's so cute.
00:19:51I got my hat down, that's impressive.
00:19:55...
00:20:00My donation, what did I donate?
00:20:01Oh, Heal Palestine, right.
00:20:10She's just too darn cool.
00:20:13And that's it!
00:20:13Jean's seen with her girlfriend during the dance later, and...
00:20:16Lloyd in Space, yet another show that really couldn't possibly air today.
00:20:19It's another slice of life show, but the hook is that it takes place on a space station
00:20:22between a bunch of aliens.
00:20:23The titular Lloyd is your old-fashioned green alien with an antenna,
00:20:26and then you have a one-token human,
00:20:27a giant blob monster voiced by Patrick Starr,
00:20:29and a sentient brain.
00:20:32If this show aired today, there'd be a periphery of 20-somethings
00:20:35demanding to know the lore behind humans getting into space.
00:20:37Anyway, the episode in question is Neither Boy Nor Girl,
00:20:40an episode centered around a genderless alien named Zoit.
00:20:43As the boys start arguing with a group of girls about whose music is better,
00:20:46they decide to ask Zoit for their input.
00:20:47Only for Zoit to...
00:20:49Four minutes.
00:20:53...
00:20:58is observed.
00:20:59Cream of the...
00:21:01Legend, Zoit, one of...
00:21:02Pure power.
00:21:03Their music ass...
00:21:03That Aurora's music is sparse.
00:21:05Allow...
00:21:06I guess I'd have to say that Aurora's music is sparse,
00:21:08allowing the themes of suffering and depression to resonate in her lyrics,
00:21:11while Total Cosmic Annihilation is...
00:21:13Pure power.
00:21:14Their music assaults your ears with the force of a solar windstorm.
00:21:17So there you go.
00:21:18Hope that helps.
00:21:24Hm.
00:21:31Wait to...
00:21:32I guess I'd have to say that Aurora's music is sparse,
00:21:35allowing the themes of suffering and depression to resonate in her lyrics,
00:21:37while Total Cosmic Annihilation is...
00:21:39Pure power.
00:21:40Their music assaults your ears with the force of a solar windstorm.
00:21:43Four minutes.
00:21:44Go full YouTuber on it.
00:21:50Yeah, uh, people have...
00:21:52Yeah, people have actually started sending hate art into my, uh, inbox.
00:21:57Oh.
00:22:06Yeah, I remember that.
00:22:08Oh no, this was just this morning.
00:22:11Somebody had apparently seen my harassment video
00:22:14and decided,
00:22:15I hate you specifically,
00:22:16so I'm going to draw
00:22:18literally the worst thing I could put in front of your eyes.
00:22:22Oh.
00:22:23Oh.
00:22:35My god.
00:22:37But they went, they were...
00:22:38But they watched all through that,
00:22:39after all the pain you suffered,
00:22:41and like, and they will...
00:22:42Ended up being,
00:22:43this is an attack on me specifically.
00:22:46Are you gonna keep a rage boner up for that long?
00:22:49I don't know.
00:22:52They are getting more...
00:22:58I lost the word.
00:22:59Insane?
00:23:00Oh, yeah.
00:23:13I have never deleted a message faster in my life.
00:23:18Don't they have a life,
00:23:19have literally nothing else to do?
00:23:20Nope, they don't.
00:23:22They don't.
00:23:23Here's the thing,
00:23:23if you're making videos about me,
00:23:25you don't go outside.
00:23:27You have nothing to do.
00:23:41Someone tried to argue that I'm apparently,
00:23:43that I'm apparently a shut-in,
00:23:44because I ordered,
00:23:45I ordered lunch while I was streaming.
00:23:49My god.
00:23:49These people are insane.
00:24:19That's fucking dumb.
00:24:26Yep, of course it is.
00:24:29They're dumb people.
00:24:38As if tons of other streamers
00:24:39haven't done the same thing.
00:24:40Oh, but you know,
00:24:41I'm the evil trans woman,
00:24:42so it's different when I do it.
00:25:49Don't you, Lily,
00:26:00don't you know you're secretly manipulating all of us?
00:26:02Oh, yes.
00:26:03Have good taste in media.
00:26:04This is not an option.
00:26:08What was it they drew?
00:26:09What was it they drew?
00:26:10In a word, Calyrex, mortifying.
00:26:19Then when one of the guy's gender Zoid is male,
00:26:36it starts an argument over...
00:26:49Oh lord, I think I'm going to be sick.
00:27:01Yep, you're the only one who got that.
00:27:05Mercifully.
00:27:08See, I wasn't exactly having a great morning.
00:27:19Fun fact to cheer you up,
00:27:25I showed my older sister a Harry Potter video.
00:27:26She's halfway through, done, and fucking loves it.
00:27:28She thinks you are funny in a good way.
00:27:30Aww.
00:28:19Aww, I love hearing wholesome sibling stories.
00:28:45Thank you for letting me live vicariously through you.
00:28:48Aww.
00:28:50And well done, Zoid.
00:28:51Then when one of the guy's gender Zoid is male,
00:28:53it starts an argument over what gender Zoid is,
00:28:55leading to a string of attempts to discern Zoid's gender
00:28:57before they just up and ask them.
00:29:00And Zoid says, 720.
00:29:06Hey girls, that really hit the spot.
00:29:08But very absorbent.
00:29:10Kind of is.
00:29:11You see, the thing is...
00:29:14Oh that, I thought you knew.
00:29:16I'm neither.
00:29:19Oh that, I thought you knew.
00:29:21I'm neither.
00:29:2827, by the way.
00:29:29Also, she asked why your voice sounded so masculine.
00:29:32Tried to explain to her you're trans.
00:29:33She's supportive.
00:29:34Aww.
00:29:36Aww, that's lovely.
00:29:41Oh that, I thought you knew.
00:29:43I'm neither.
00:29:45Oh god, the Disney Cinemagic logo always takes me back.
00:29:55I used to watch that shit all the time when I was a kid.
00:30:00Disney Cinemagic?
00:30:01It was a Europe-only channel.
00:30:06And I watched it all the time when I was a kid.
00:30:08I guess it was a Disney channel, but at the time it was just live-action stuff.
00:30:19When I was a kid, I didn't give a shit about that stuff.
00:30:23Disney Cinemagic was purely the animation one.
00:30:25When the stream's over, I've got to finish reacquiring all my lost footage.
00:30:37I'm going to head off soon because I need to go get something for dinner.
00:30:41Okay.
00:30:43Love you, Lolo.
00:30:45All right, well listen, thanks so much for having me, as always, and hope you have a great day.
00:30:49You too.
00:30:52All right, I'll see you guys later, everyone, on chat.
00:30:56See ya.
00:30:57See ya.
00:30:58Love you.
00:30:59Love you too.
00:31:00Bye.
00:31:06She's so cool.
00:31:26Oh, Zane, do you want to hop in?
00:31:32I can't believe I didn't think to ask that sooner.
00:31:33I'm so stupid.
00:31:34I'm sorry.
00:31:52Oh man, I wish I'm at work.
00:31:53Ah, okay.
00:31:55I'll just keep you focused then.
00:33:26Oh, hey, McKay, you're back.
00:33:30Oh, fuck, I did it again.
00:33:35I had to turn that off when I'm streaming.
00:33:38I'm back in VC.
00:33:44I like how all that has just become like this hilarious server meme now.
00:33:51Nothing brings people together quite like absolutely terrible art.
00:33:55Like when I was tormenting you all with sinners a few streams ago.
00:34:01Hey, Howlin' Harriet.
00:34:05Thank you.
00:34:09Oh, I just got done.
00:34:10Oh, you got here before.
00:34:13It's like you got here after I just got done telling everybody that.
00:34:17Yeah, I got hate fan art earlier this morning.
00:34:22Oh no.
00:34:24How bad was it?
00:34:25In a word, mortifying.
00:34:30Oh, no.
00:34:33Oh, God.
00:34:36Still don't get it.
00:34:37Sorry.
00:34:40Good.
00:34:50Poor sweetie.
00:34:51You and me okay?
00:34:53Yeah, I'll be fine.
00:34:55Okay, shitty mood for most of the.
00:35:06People give you shit for occasionally describing your stalkers as something adjacent to the R
00:35:10word.
00:35:10And I just like with the malicious shit today and how they constantly think stupidity when
00:35:14doing it.
00:35:14At some point we have to call a spade by what it fucking is.
00:35:18I've never called my stalkers the R slur.
00:35:22I've called them.
00:35:22Yeah, I've called them animals, create creatures, microscopic insignificant specs and subhuman,
00:35:28but I've never called them a slur.
00:35:52Okay.
00:36:23Even if it's technically applicable, it's just not worth it.
00:36:43I think I think my stalkers like the desperation where they have like while was most apparent
00:36:49with that fucking curly blog that was up.
00:36:51Because like, that's a blog that gets no notes on any of its posts.
00:36:56And they were so angry all the time.
00:37:01They were so bothered.
00:37:06My God, constantly.
00:37:09It was amazing how one person got them so livid, a person that nobody saw their posts,
00:37:17but they did because they were obsessively searching my name.
00:37:24That was art.
00:37:25That was that was truly art.
00:37:30Or a car weight.
00:37:31Oh, yeah, but yeah, they're fine.
00:37:33Yeah.
00:37:34Okay, that's good.
00:37:36But yeah, they're.
00:37:39Scum suckers.
00:37:43Lily made a post about how if you think being an asshole on the for no reason, if you're
00:37:48being on the your social media, you're being a fucking asshole.
00:37:52You're being a fucking asshole.
00:37:53You're being a fucking asshole.
00:37:55You're being a fucking asshole.
00:37:56On the for no reason.
00:37:58If you're being on your chair should shock you.
00:38:01And so I said, is that what the back spasms are?
00:38:04And I'm just like, girl, choke on your own spit.
00:38:06Oh, wow.
00:38:11Nice to know that spy that continues to be a subhuman little beast.
00:38:17My God.
00:38:26Take it out of chronic pain, how fucking classy sorry.
00:39:26So.
00:39:56Okay.
00:40:26I think I'm not sleeping.
00:40:31That's something I should be doing.
00:40:33Good night, y'all.
00:40:34See you, Adam.
00:40:36Watch your old ranking and you put Jungle Book is the blandest movie.
00:40:40You want to know my reaction was, okay, I can understand like how difficult it for people
00:40:43to just let people have their own opinion.
00:40:45Well, that's the thing.
00:40:45When you're when you're a loser who nobody likes, there's a reason nobody likes you.
00:40:50Mm hmm.
00:41:05Girl doesn't understand sarcasm or joke.
00:41:07She thought I literally didn't think horses were real.
00:41:09What are you talking?
00:41:10What are you talking about?
00:41:11Horses aren't real.
00:41:20Mm hmm.
00:41:33Horses are a fed psyop.
00:41:35Oh, God.
00:41:38Gina took me to ride a fed psyop on my birthday.
00:41:50I think really putting the cart before the mule and is rightfully upset about it.
00:41:54And the group and the group like no joke.
00:41:58I've I'm speaking as a woman who has ridden a horse.
00:42:01If my wife told me that horses weren't real, I'd believe her.
00:42:06Horses aren't real.
00:42:08I believe you.
00:42:10They're an Illuminati myth.
00:42:20Mm hmm.
00:42:23They're part of an elaborate plot by the guy from Duck Dynasty to help North Dakota poison
00:42:27South Dakota to be the only Dakota.
00:42:39Got it.
00:42:40Then the groups feel bad about it and flip and give Zoit birthday gifts for the opposite
00:42:43gender as an apology.
00:42:44They're trying.
00:42:45They're not very brave.
00:42:46One of my big stalkers to sell more racism.
00:42:49And there is an apology.
00:42:51They're trying.
00:42:51They're not very bright, but they're trying.
00:42:54Unfortunately, they start arguing again.
00:42:55But this time, Zoit cuts them off and.
00:43:00And really cuts to the heart of the issue of cisnormativity, 1923.
00:43:07Wow, look at this.
00:43:09Become a boy.
00:43:09That's right.
00:43:11Go again.
00:43:12Pushing me and pulling me back and forth.
00:43:14Be a boy.
00:43:14Be a girl.
00:43:15Well, I've had it.
00:43:16Hi, we were only trying to help you make the right decision.
00:43:19The right decision for you, maybe.
00:43:21But what about me?
00:43:28Had it.
00:43:29Hi, we were only trying to help you make a decision.
00:43:32The right decision for baby.
00:43:33But what about me?
00:43:37About me.
00:43:38Oh, yeah, you.
00:43:47The next scene is what tends to leave a sour taste in people's.
00:43:50Fuck it.
00:43:51This was 2002.
00:43:52And that's a.
00:43:52That's better.
00:43:54The very next scene is what.
00:43:55Fuck it.
00:43:55This was 2002.
00:43:56And that's better material for a little baby trans still in their eggs than anything that airs today.
00:44:03Fuck it.
00:44:03This was 2002.
00:44:04And that's better material for a little baby trans still in their eggs than anything that airs today.
00:44:08It's not just aimed at them.
00:44:09It's aimed squarely at their cisnormative parents sitting in the living room with them.
00:44:13Next day, Zoe comes back into school looking no different and actually refuses to tell
00:44:16any of them what they picked and 2007.
00:44:23Oh, well, the moment Lolo left the chat, we just all started talking about how cool she was.
00:44:30Oh, yes, he is very cool.
00:44:33Plot twist.
00:44:34Not only do your friends love you, they secretly love you twice as much as they let on.
00:44:38Yes.
00:44:48Forces aren't real.
00:44:49Then on what did I ride on as a kid at a zoo?
00:44:52Nothing.
00:44:53Those memories were false.
00:44:55You dreamed it up.
00:44:56You're crazy.
00:45:07Yeah.
00:45:26Isn't it amazing how gaslighting is named after a movie that nobody has seen?
00:45:34Oh, yeah.
00:45:37So we'll never find out if you're sure.
00:45:50I decided I decided I'm not.
00:45:53Oh, sure.
00:45:53I decided I decided I'm not telling what?
00:45:58Because it's none of your business.
00:46:00So we'll never find out if you're a boy or a girl.
00:46:03Oh, you'll find out someday when I get a crush on one of you.
00:46:082107.
00:46:10Schrodinger's gender.
00:46:12Yeah, this is the part that tends to stick in people's craw.
00:46:14The speech earlier in the episode.
00:46:16It's weirdly heteronormative for an episode about how gender essentialism is stifling.
00:46:20Ignores the reality that gender identity and orientation are not mutually exclusive.
00:46:24However.
00:46:26It's not mutually exclusive.
00:46:28It's not mutually exclusive.
00:46:30It's not mutually exclusive.
00:46:32It's not mutually exclusive.
00:46:34It's not mutually exclusive.
00:46:37It's not nearly as bad as five seasons of abusive codependent catgirl incest.
00:46:42It's not nearly as bad as five.
00:46:51And are not mutually exclusive.
00:46:52However.
00:46:53It's not nearly as bad as five seasons of abusive codependent catgirl incest.
00:46:58So like perspective.
00:47:01So perspective.
00:47:04So like perspective.
00:47:08TMNT jingle code.
00:47:18For 2002.
00:47:19A show for children.
00:47:21Almost gender essentialism isn't just bad for me.
00:47:24It's bad for all of you as well.
00:47:26It's actually rather novel and touches on something we sometimes talk about.
00:47:29But not enough.
00:47:31With a macron you can make a logo.
00:47:33Oh.
00:47:35Can you.
00:47:35Oh hang on.
00:48:03Oh.
00:48:10Oh god no it's horrible.
00:48:14Oh.
00:48:16Oh.
00:48:18Oh.
00:48:20Oh.
00:48:22Oh.
00:48:24Oh.
00:48:26Oh.
00:48:28Oh.
00:48:30Oh.
00:48:32Oh, it's horrifying.
00:48:37DM it to me. OK.
00:48:56Oh, that's terrible, isn't it?
00:48:59It is horrible. It is vile.
00:49:04DM it to me. Perfection. Oh my god.
00:49:28Not enough.
00:49:58In that all of them are implying men and women can't actually be friends or like the same things.
00:50:05Their perception of what it means to be a boy or a girl is centered on the stuff.
00:50:09Consumption. Hobbies. Things that aren't explicitly gendered.
00:50:12Something that Zoidt themselves demonstrates earlier in the episode.
00:50:17It's similar to Princess Knight in that it's ostensibly about sexism but becomes an interesting look at gender identity.
00:50:22It's similar to Princess Knight in that it's ostensibly about sexism but becomes an interesting look at gender identity.
00:50:31Because cisnormativity and sexism go hand in hand.
00:50:35These aren't issues that are separate from each other, especially as the modern day trans panic continues to fester and rot.
00:50:53A lot of people analyzing this episode tend to mark it down for the last second heteronormativity toward the end.
00:50:58But I think that's small potatoes compared to the surprisingly profound...
00:51:01But I think that's small potatoes compared to...
00:51:03Mark it down for the last second heteronormativity toward the end.
00:51:06But I think... But I think that's small...
00:51:11But I think that's small potatoes compared to the surprisingly profound deconstruction of cisnormativity
00:51:15and the way in which the episode sticks to its guns by not revealing Zoidt's gender at the end.
00:51:19And to that end, how do we know Zoidt's not messing with them?
00:51:22I mean...
00:51:23I mean, their crush...
00:51:25I mean, their crush could be on anyone and not necessarily...
00:51:28I mean, their crush could be on anyone and not necessarily them.
00:51:30Hello, good morning slash afternoon slash evening, everyone.
00:51:33Good time, everyone!
00:51:35I mean, their crush could be on anyone and not necessarily them.
00:51:41Especially since Zoidt never appears after this.
00:52:20...
00:52:28Someone on Twitter positing that the...
00:52:31War Within cinematics have been drawing unnecessary attention to Zalataf's speed.
00:52:36Like...
00:52:37You got something you want to share with the class, Blizz?
00:52:40What was that?
00:52:43Someone on Twitter...
00:52:46...positing that the Cinematics and the War Within are having an unnecessary amount of focus on Xalapath's feed.
00:52:54I was like, some of you want to tell us, share with the class, Liz?
00:52:58I've seen the Cinematics and the War Within, that's not really true.
00:53:04Oh.
00:53:06I just wasn't sure if there was something I was missing, but...
00:53:15Okay, where's the tweet?
00:53:17Oh, uh...
00:53:20I will share it with you.
00:53:24Yeah, like, just start giving me links to this stuff.
00:53:26Okay, that's fair.
00:53:46...
00:53:56Oh, I didn't reach that Cinematic yet.
00:54:00Especially since Zoit never appears after this, and thus was never part of the group.
00:54:04So yeah, I'm gonna say Zoit is good.
00:54:05No comment.
00:54:06It's like, how does Illyria take one punch to the chest and is winded?
00:54:10Well, I don't know how to tell you this, but Illyria is shit.
00:54:14No, it's Xalapath who takes a punch.
00:54:17Ah.
00:54:23She like, jabs her away with like, in the chest before backflipping away.
00:54:30No caveats, no asterisks, no nothing.
00:54:33Zoit's just damn good.
00:54:34He's going, how can uh, how can Xalapath take a full blast from Khadgar unfazed, but like...
00:54:41One punch from Illyria makes her flinch.
00:54:49Spoken like somebody who has never been sucker punched.
00:54:59This is a video of two goals.
00:55:01The first is to bring attention to moments in animation that are sadly forgotten.
00:55:04Characters who are uniquely forward-thinking for their time and who are j-
00:55:07Uniquely forward-thinking for their time and who are j-
00:55:09Characters who are uniquely forward-thinking for their time and who are genuinely well-written
00:55:13and earnest.
00:55:14Decades before the Owl House was even a glint in Dana Terrace's eye.
00:55:18A time when-
00:55:19A time-
00:55:19A time when creators didn't have to compromise their entire creative vision in some weird
00:55:23Pavlovian mind game with the studio.
00:55:25They could just say shit.
00:55:27I used to have a fair minimum standards for LGBT-
00:55:29Oh well.
00:55:29And with that, I must return to the mines.
00:55:32M'kay.
00:55:33Have fun in the mines.
00:55:35I'll do my best.
00:55:37I'll be thinking of you.
00:55:38I'll be thinking of you too.
00:55:39Don't get lost upside down in a cave.
00:55:43Oh god, yeah.
00:55:44Fingers crossed.
00:55:46Love you honey.
00:55:52We're insufferable.
00:55:54Those standards were main characters in a healthy relationship before the finale.
00:55:59And it wasn't because I-
00:56:00And it wasn't because I secretly hated other LGBT creators and wanted to put them under
00:56:04a microscope, despite what some morons would say.
00:56:07It's because I'd already grown up-
00:56:08It's because-
00:56:09It's because I'd already grown up with good, and the next step was better.
00:56:16I used to watch Braceface as a kid, and Dion was the first time I'd seen a gay character
00:56:20being so casually in the cast, an accepted member of the group without any caveats or
00:56:25conditions.
00:56:26Yeah, she was Sharon-
00:56:28Yeah, he was Sharon's gay friend, but he was never just Sharon's gay friend.
00:56:32He didn't appear a lot-
00:56:37He didn't appear in a lot of episodes.
00:56:38He didn't appear in a lot of episodes, but whenever he-
00:56:40But whenever he did-
00:56:43He didn't appear in a lot of episodes, but when-
00:56:47But whenever he did, he was always just good.
00:56:54I like the design of the new Sylvanas, uh, uh, the new purple elf.
00:56:57She's like Sylvanas, but if she was a sorcerer.
00:57:01Yeah.
00:57:02Yeah.
00:57:25Just Sharon's gay friend.
00:57:27He didn't appear-
00:57:32Yeah.
00:58:02He didn't appear in a lot of episodes, but whenever he did, he was always just good.
00:58:12His self-respect, how he doesn't take garbage from people lying down, and how the story
00:58:15doesn't just humiliate him without acknowledging it as a problem were all things I needed to
00:58:19see.
00:58:20Do you have any truth to women see gay boys as an accessory?
00:58:26It's kind of like a half-truth.
00:58:29Back in the 2000s, you would see girls whose best friend was a gay guy or a bi guy, but
00:58:39then there would be girls who would say, oh, a gay man is a girl's best accessory, and
00:58:46those ones didn't have any friends.
00:58:53The more you believed that, the less likely it was you had any gay friends.
00:59:23Being presented with a world where that just didn't happen was important.
00:59:31As a young, closeted bisexual going through some pretty horrific shit at the time, a character
00:59:39like Dion struck a chord with me that I never knew existed, and I'm sad to say that even
00:59:45I forgot about him.
00:59:55I've long cited Sixteen as the first example of gay rep in animation, because after a certain
01:00:01point, watching a show like Braceface wasn't cool, and so I let it vanish into the memory
01:00:07hole.
01:00:11Rewatching it for this video, I'd expected to have to put asterisks all over it, saying,
01:00:15well, it was 2004, but I was surprised at how well it held up.
01:00:19How well all of them held up, really.
01:00:21They were sm-
01:00:23How well all of them held up, really.
01:00:25They were small, but they've aged extremely well in a time where not only is older gay
01:00:29rep aging poorly, but even the newer stuff is coming out with some moldy spots on it
01:00:33right out of the box.
01:00:35Which brings me to the second goal, and that is to express a long-standing frustration
01:00:41with how LGBT rep in animation is often discussed and often presented.
01:00:45Because Dion, Jean, and Zoid are characters that are presented with respect and dignity,
01:00:56who get to just exist, and whenever I'm bringing them up, I'm always told how they don't count.
01:01:03The narrative of Korra to Steven to She-Ra to Owl House is so important for some people
01:01:09to maintain, that this prestige genre of adventure animation has to have a uniquely
01:01:17different position above everything else.
01:01:27It's so weirdly arrogant for a subgenre that couldn't get its shit together for over a
01:01:30decade.
01:01:31Legend of Korra was subjected to all kinds of myth-making about how bright we're setting
01:01:34up Korrasami from season 3, and how they were taken off the air because of gay subtext,
01:01:39and they fought tooth and nail for it, and none of that was true.
01:01:43It was a popular ship thrown in for the last few episodes, and it was in fact so ambiguous
01:01:53that the creators had to confirm it on Twitter after the fact.
01:01:55Steven Universe is often hailed as the messiah of gay animation, and yet when you actually
01:02:00watch it, you're treated to maybe a few scenes of Ruby and Sapphire, where their entire personality
01:02:04is each other, and the majority of the real estate is taken up by a slave being hopelessly
01:02:08and destructively in love with her master.
01:02:10And this is presented as some kind of tragic love story.
01:02:13It wouldn't be until the sequel series and several years of the creator being bludgeoned
01:02:16over the head by Twitter that this would actually be unpacked to any significant degree.
01:02:21She-Ra spent five seasons on increasingly elaborate displays of Catra brutalizing the
01:02:44object of her affections, with both the situation they were in and production materials making
01:02:48it clear that the two of them were adoptive siblings.
01:02:51And this is presented as some kind of tragic love story.
01:03:18With both the situation they were in and production materials making it clear that
01:03:22the two of them were adoptive siblings.
01:03:33Yep, there it is.
01:03:35Catra and Adora grew up together in the Horde as adoptive sisters.
01:03:48Now that I see the lengths people will go to to raise adventure fantasy drama above
01:04:02everything else, point of LGBT ratio, it's added a new level of grossness to the worship
01:04:06of that genre.
01:04:08...materials making it clear that the two of them were adoptive siblings.
01:04:12And this was given a media parade for years.
01:04:15Even with the creators who have their heads on straight were lavishing it in tongue-bats,
01:04:26and Catra and Adora didn't have the plausible denial.
01:04:45Even with the creators who have their heads on straight were lavishing it in tongue-bats,
01:04:55and Catra and Adora didn't have the plausible denial.
01:05:05At least they were able to say at the end, yeah, that was unhealthy and I was definitely
01:05:08not dragging that out for three seasons longer than necessary.
01:05:11Say at the end, yeah, that was unhealthy and I was definitely not dragging that out for
01:05:14three seasons longer than necessary.
01:05:16No, they just have Adora hook up with her murderous, possessive sister.
01:05:23Childhood friends to lovers I can accept, but they are adoptive siblings, that's gross.
01:06:07... coming from the studio that was the most skittish about the gaze.
01:06:13So it took the Wannabe crowd until 2022 to reach the point that Braceface was at in 2004.
01:06:19With the knowledge of recent history, this is looking less like milestones and more like
01:06:22a course correction, back to the point we were at.
01:06:27Back to the point we were at.
01:06:29All the while contemporary shows were sailing along, always had been doing just fine.
01:06:35All the while contemporary shows were sailing along, always had been doing just fine.
01:06:44We could have been much further ahead by now, but because the actual trendsetters don't
01:06:47look a certain way or fit a certain aesthetic, they just don't count.
01:06:55They just don't count.
01:06:57Sure, they might not have aired in the US, but even when Americans are informed that
01:07:02other countries do in fact exist, excuses are still made to keep this mythology going.
01:07:11And this kind of revisionism is cyclical.
01:07:13I used to hear it a lot in 2016, Korra walked so Steven Universe could run.
01:07:17You know what I heard in 2019?
01:07:18I used to hear it a lot in 2016, Korra walked so Steven Universe could run.
01:07:23You know what I heard in 2019?
01:07:24Steven Universe walked so She-Ra could run.
01:07:26You know what I heard in 2021?
01:07:28She-Ra walked so the Owl House could run.
01:07:30Well, there were some people arguing that Katchadour was better than Lumity because
01:07:33it was spicier, but they're fucking stupid.
01:07:35Better than Lumity because of...
01:07:37We keep moving the goalposts to prop up the new shiny because we have memories of goldfish.
01:07:43If we didn't keep moving the goalposts, we'd start noticing how little we were actually
01:07:51moving.
01:07:52And it's not like it's a problem to not put...
01:07:59It's not like it's a problem to not push the envelope.
01:08:02None of these shows are problems in and of themselves.
01:08:04I mean, if you want to make a show about a...
01:08:08If you want to make a show about a trauma bonded former slave or weird codependent cat
01:08:12girl incest, then the only one who can stop you is the studio letting you use its resources.
01:08:21The problem is in this...
01:08:34The problem is in this mythology where we have to keep acting like our newest obsession
01:08:38is more revolutionary than it actually is.
01:08:41And there's no real secret as to why things got this way.
01:08:44Not only are...
01:08:45Not only are American studios more skittish about gay rep than they were 20 years ago
01:08:49as a result of Republicans going on their delusional wokeness crusade.
01:08:54Going on their delusional wokeness crusade.
01:08:59But the shift of fandom from fan forums completely isolated from the creators to Twitter, where
01:09:03every creator has an easily reachable account you can at for some reason, has caused paras...
01:09:09Has caused parasocial relationships even worse.
01:09:13Some creators have been put on extremely high...
01:09:17Some creators have been put on extremely high pedestals, given reputations far beyond
01:09:22that of what they've actually done, and aggressively defend that reputation like it was...
01:09:27And fans aggressively defend that reputation like it was their own child.
01:09:33Child.
01:09:36One of these shows has this problem in severe ex...
01:09:39One of these shows has problems in severe excess compared to the others, I won't say
01:09:43who...
01:09:51To a lot of their fans, the idea that a show about a 14 year old girl with slapstick braces
01:09:55was even worth remembering at all was laughable, not compared to...
01:10:01At all was laughable, not compared to Blorbo, not compared to Blorbo, certainly not compared
01:10:06to such a grand operatic...
01:10:09Certainly not compared to such a grand operatic masterpiece.
01:10:13And certainly not if it risked tarnishing the trophy they'd spent half a decade molding
01:10:16in the first place.
01:10:17I wonder if I should...
01:10:18I wonder if I should do...
01:10:19This is just different, darling.
01:10:21A better class of art.
01:10:30And I'd probably be less bothered by this if they ever put their money where their mouth
01:10:33was.
01:10:34The fact that anyone ever looked at this shit and thought to praise it as a good thing should
01:10:39be an embarrassment for everyone.
01:10:50It's not just that we deserve better, we had better, we've always had better, we've always
01:10:54been able to have better and demand better.
01:10:58I'd actually like a story that...
01:11:00I'd actually like a story that took something like what happens in She-Ra seriously, seeing
01:11:03someone fleeing across enemy lines to get away from their psychotically possessive sibling
01:11:07until they're collapsing in front of their new friends, trembling and begging for help.
01:11:12Don't do that, Thero.
01:11:14Watching one of the supposed landmark...
01:11:18Supposed landmark LGBT cartoons end with all that abuse and trauma bonding and unhealthy
01:11:22quasi-incest...
01:11:23Attachment being validated in the end was one of the most profoundly nauseating things
01:11:28I've ever seen put to screen...
01:11:29Was one of the most profoundly nauseating things I've ever seen put to screen.
01:11:34So I think you can appreciate where I'm coming from being told that this was where representation
01:11:37needed to be, and everything that had ever surpassed it just doesn't count.
01:11:42Even if you like this, you understand why this can be frustrating, right?
01:11:46Especially...
01:11:47Especially as more and more people are genuinely saying shit like...
01:11:53We have...
01:11:54We have too much good gay rep, and we need more Rocky Horror.
01:11:59Especially...
01:12:00Especially as more and more people are genuinely saying shit like...
01:12:04We have too much good gay rep, and we need more Rocky Horror.
01:12:08Where does...
01:12:11Where does...
01:12:14Where does...
01:12:17Where does...
01:12:20Where does...
01:12:23Where does...
01:12:26Where does...
01:12:30Oh, there you are.
01:12:43We have too much good gay rep, and we need more Rocky Horror.
01:12:51See ya, mechanic!
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01:14:49Where shows are discarded because they don't closely remind the viewer of Sailor Moon.
01:14:52Where shows are discarded because they don't closely remind the viewer of Sailor Moon or Utena.
01:14:58Yes, I'm gonna keep calling it that, or Dragon Ball.
01:15:01I see this kind of classism, I guess.
01:15:04Where shows are discarded because they don't closely remind the viewer of Sailor Moon or Utena.
01:15:08Yes, I'm gonna keep calling it that, or Dragon Ball.
01:15:11Of Sailor Moon or Utena. Yes, I'm gonna keep calling it that, or Dragon Ball.
01:15:15Where we keep pretending that our actual milestones don't exist.
01:15:18Because it's more important to maintain this fictitious view of a few creators as gods among envies.
01:15:23It's not that I don't appreciate the attempt to tell more involved stories.
01:15:26For all of its virtues, Braceface is just ultimately it.
01:15:29Braceface does ultimately just have stories.
01:15:33For all of its virtues, Braceface does ultimately just have two episodes where a queen talks about fashion design.
01:15:40But the way in which animation fandom continues to throw intense amount of derision on anything that isn't trying to be shown in always bothered me.
01:15:48And it will continue to bother me.
01:15:56I don't live in the reality where only peak TV matters.
01:15:59And I'll never live in that reality.
01:16:01And my media analysis will never accept that reality.
01:16:03I'm not pushing back against a tidal wave.
01:16:05I know that a lot of people will shout it down.
01:16:08But if even one person accepts just how good Dion is, then I'll consider this video to have been worth it.
01:16:16There's more examples of LGBT rep in animation going back as far as the 1950s.
01:16:20It deserves to be examined and appreciated.
01:16:22So maybe I should pencil another one of these videos in.
01:16:25But for now, I'm Lily, and thanks for watching.
01:16:28And there we go.
01:16:30Your voice is so smooth to listen to.
01:16:32Aw, thanks.
01:16:37Oh wow, this air conditioner is so effective that I'm actually getting chilly.
01:16:46And thanks for watching.
01:17:06Okay, let's play WoW.
01:17:08Let's absolutely destroy the stream's viewership.
01:17:16Let's do it.
01:17:47Neva, airbending art is so good.
01:17:52Thank you.
01:17:55Ren made it for me.
01:18:03Another person who is more of a sweetie than we all deserve.
01:18:17Why are you holding your two-handed sword like it's a spear?
01:18:58Humming.
01:19:09Ah, I wish it was possible to do stuff for Ren.
01:19:19Oh, there are too many humans here for my liking.
01:19:27Hmm.
01:19:35How the fuck do I get out of here?
01:19:41That works.
01:19:57Hmm.
01:20:17Hmm.
01:20:27Hmm.
01:20:53Ugh, you humans and your man pain.
01:20:57Hmm.
01:20:58Hmm.
01:21:26Hmm.
01:21:28Hmm.
01:21:29I'm curious about the new elf lady, so I'll stick around.
01:21:46Champion, you have to rescue these Arathi.
01:21:48Rescue them?
01:21:49I hate humans.
01:21:50Can't I just cut their heads off?
01:21:57Hmm.
01:22:23Disobedient beast slave released.
01:22:28Hmm.
01:22:36Hmm.
01:22:41All right, come on, you whimpering little Neanderthal.
01:22:45Hmm.
01:22:58Hmm.
01:23:11Hmm.
01:23:27Hmm.
01:23:38Oh, get up.
01:23:43Hmm.
01:23:44Hmm.
01:23:58Hmm.
01:24:00Hmm.
01:24:03Hmm.
01:24:12Hmm.
01:24:28Hmm.
01:24:40Would Anave hate half-elves or would she be fine with them?
01:24:43Uh, she'd generally be fine with them.
01:24:57Hmm.
01:25:13Hmm.
01:25:14She hates humans for what they've done, not what they are.
01:25:18Hmm.
01:25:26Man, slam just hits like a wet noodle.
01:25:48Hmm.
01:25:49Hmm.
01:26:00Hmm.
01:26:09Hmm.
01:26:18Hmm.
01:26:25Hmm.
01:26:37Hmm.
01:26:39She'd somewhat tolerate my OC, then.
01:26:43That kind of depends on what your OC is.
01:26:45Hmm.
01:26:56For the Dark Lady!
01:27:15Hmm.
01:27:33Hmm.
01:27:35Bear in mind, Anave follows the doctrine of the only good alliance is a dead alliance.
01:27:45Hmm.
01:27:56Hmm.
01:28:12Hmm.
01:28:15Hmm.
01:28:29Hmm.
01:28:30Lothar?
01:28:45Hmm.
01:28:50Hmm.
01:29:15Hmm.
01:29:45Hmm.
01:30:10Hmm.
01:30:11Hmm.
01:30:13Alright, well, if that's over, I'm going to take off because I'm going to have to spend even more time than necessary around this fucking piss ant.
01:30:41Hmm.
01:31:06Worry about that human warlock adopted.
01:31:09Wow.
01:31:12Oh, so Tamsin roamed him.
01:31:33Back for a bit. Welcome back, Pole.
01:31:42Hmm.
01:31:43Hmm.
01:32:10Come on, get moving.
01:32:14Hmm.
01:32:25Hmm.
01:32:31Hmm.
01:32:36Eh...
01:32:43Draenor?
01:32:44I mean, these are just, like, this is just leveling quests. We haven't really gotten to the story.
01:32:48We're still just getting introduced to the factions.
01:32:54They did some pretty good stuff with Magnus.
01:32:59He's now a full dwarf again.
01:33:02He ain't made of stone anymore.
01:33:05And he's a grandpa.
01:33:13Hmm.
01:33:18Where's Deep Sludger?
01:33:25Oh, there you are.
01:33:43Oops.
01:34:13Hmm.
01:34:43Oh, yeah, Xalatath's been in that.
01:35:14Hmm.
01:35:32Don't worry, Alleria. A competent person is here.
01:35:35Also, these are the two people I met.
01:35:43Hmm.
01:35:57If I had to have a WoW scene, it'd probably be a half-elf and me and the Horde.
01:36:00What is it with you guys and half-elves?
01:36:13Hmm.
01:36:38I...
01:36:40Well, go on. Do it.
01:36:42No, I can't.
01:36:44There must be another way.
01:36:54Is she the bad or worse sister of Sylvanas?
01:36:56She's the worse one.
01:37:00Look, Alleria, if you're gonna read from a book, at least put your bow down.
01:37:06I have no idea what this new getup they gave her is for.
01:37:09Like...
01:37:10Her old getup looked just fine.
01:37:15Or maybe they could have given her something more Void Elf-y, with the gold and the purple.
01:37:22Hmm.
01:37:32Well, once again, it falls to me to do everything.
01:37:40Hmm.
01:37:44Hmm.
01:37:50Hmm.
01:38:10I mean, he's not wrong. The Light is terrible.
01:38:17Alright, what's over here? It's a book.
01:38:40Hmm.
01:38:56And when you were at the bottom of being competent, who gave you a shovel?
01:39:11Hmm.
01:39:14Alright, you useless humans and human simps.
01:39:18I did all the work for you.
01:39:40Hmm.
01:39:57You'll deal with them? Alleria, you can't deal with one person!
01:40:05You can't even hit anything!
01:40:10Hmm.
01:40:18She doesn't even draw an arrow at all.
01:40:21Hmm.
01:40:39Knock, knock!
01:40:51Hmm.
01:41:21Hmm.
01:41:48Don't call me friend, I barely know you!
01:41:51My faith kindles my hope.
01:41:53If we stop that ritual, I should be able to cleanse the Flame.
01:42:11For the Dark Lady!
01:42:21Hmm.
01:42:29Light be mine!
01:42:30Hmm.
01:42:54Why am I wielding a- Why am I wielding a stick?
01:42:57Where'd my sword go?
01:43:00Hmm.
01:43:30More shadows. We're trapped in here, aren't we?
01:43:35No, we're not giving up here.
01:43:43Let's go. We can do this if we stick together.
01:44:00Hmm.
01:44:05The Light shines through you.
01:44:08But what if it goes out?
01:44:10What if you failed your people?
01:44:14You think I've never failed?
01:44:16Hmm.
01:44:17I've never made mistakes.
01:44:23I was never even supposed to be in Halifal.
01:44:26I stowed away to escape a family that only ever saw me as a failure.
01:44:32Was it a mistake?
01:44:34I lost an eye and an arm for it.
01:44:37Does that make me unworthy of the Light?
01:44:44I regret nothing.
01:44:47I keep fighting because in the darkness...
01:44:51It's all we can do.
01:44:54I can't give up.
01:44:57It's not in my nature.
01:44:59And I don't think it's in yours, either.
01:45:05You don't understand.
01:45:07I've hurt people.
01:45:09I was controlled by darkness, but...
01:45:13Part of me enjoyed it.
01:45:14Enjoyed hurting people?
01:45:17Or no longer being able to agonize over every thought and action?
01:45:24Having doubt.
01:45:26Making mistakes.
01:45:28None of these make you unworthy, Anduin.
01:45:31They light your path forward.
01:45:34You are unworthy, actually.
01:45:35You're an absolute failure, and you should throw yourself in a hole.
01:45:43The entrance.
01:45:45It's gone.
01:45:46There really is no way out.
01:45:48Enough of your illusions, Zalatath!
01:45:52Oh, hey, you're actually useful for something.
01:45:55Thank you, Alleria.
01:46:04We will find Zalatath.
01:46:08They will not escape.
01:46:11What have you learned?
01:46:14When shadow falls,
01:46:16What have you learned?
01:46:19When shadow falls,
01:46:23Alleria, we would have been lost without you.
01:46:27Thank you.
01:46:28I'm glad you're all safe.
01:46:30Let's end this.
01:46:46The instant they saw her.
01:46:56We owe our service to those in need.
01:47:10Join me.
01:47:11Please.
01:47:16You know the light is not with me.
01:47:19There is no darkness so deep that the light cannot reach us.
01:47:26There's a very weird subset of WoW fans who obsessively ship Anduin with any female character he is in a room with.
01:47:33Now, breathe.
01:47:47We are the seekers of light.
01:47:53We are the holders of hope.
01:47:56In the very heart of shadow.
01:48:00We are the lamps that guide the way.
01:48:16We are the lamps that guide the way.
01:48:32It's just the first step.
01:48:35The rest is just time.
01:48:38And trust.
01:48:40I will see you through the shadow.
01:48:47A beacon in the dark.
01:48:49We need to return to Meraldar.
01:48:51I need to let the General know what happened here.
01:48:55This Order of Night is no mere cult.
01:48:59The Harbinger they speak of is Xalatath.
01:49:09I will see you through the shadow.
01:49:22Alric corrupted the Dawn Tower's flame?
01:49:25Ashes take that man.
01:49:27And this Harbinger.
01:49:28Our holy mission takes a toll.
01:49:32We should grab some food at the inn while we can.
01:49:35One of the General's rules I happily follow.
01:49:39Perhaps a moment's rest is warranted.
01:50:09Sorry.
01:50:10Why do we have to help again?
01:50:11I don't know.
01:50:22You carry your torch, you light the city.
01:50:26Stay productive in the light.
01:50:33Friend, can you order a round of drinks?
01:50:37Imperial-style wine? Mushroom brew? Pick your poison.
01:50:43A round of drinks, there we go.
01:50:45The cats are trained as well as the soldiers are.
01:50:47When one bonds to you, you have a friend for life.
01:50:51Oh, why do I gotta sit next to the fuckin' bitch?
01:50:53Do you have a lunch?
01:50:55Oh, no. No, no, no.
01:50:59I am not a cat person.
01:51:01We carry the flame into the unknown.
01:51:10We cannot hide from evil.
01:51:12In my heart, there is fire.
01:51:15My arrows strike true.
01:51:28I do not miss.
01:51:31Anduin, we need to talk.
01:51:36Of course.
01:51:39I need to see Rayne about my prosthetics anyway.
01:51:42Let's meet later.
01:51:49Attaway.
01:51:51There we go.
01:52:02The instant I sit down to have a drink and it's like,
01:52:04hey, there's propaganda all over the city, go tear it down.
01:52:07Well, maybe I don't want to tear it down.
01:52:12How do you think the locals are gonna look like
01:52:14when they just see me ripping things off their walls?
01:52:25Don't mind me, I'm not doing anything.
01:52:27Oh, hey.
01:52:29We are a light in the darkness.
01:52:32Farron, I was inspired last Beladar Shadow.
01:52:36I designed a new arm prosthetic.
01:52:38I think you'll wear this one.
01:52:40Thank you, Rayne, but the shield you made me is all I need.
01:52:44I'm sure your talents would be better spent on other inventions.
01:52:48It's my pleasure to make a new arm you would use, Farron.
01:52:53You told me about the discomfort
01:52:55and how it impacted your mobility, so I was thinking...
01:52:58Rayne, no.
01:53:00I have lived with my injury since I was a child.
01:53:03I've learned to do everything from sword fighting
01:53:06to dressing myself with one hand.
01:53:08But what if I figured out the weight balancing?
01:53:10You said that was what you didn't like about the first few I made.
01:53:14Then I think some of our veterans who will lose an arm to the Nerubians
01:53:18will be very grateful that you've improved their design.
01:53:21Rayne, I've learned to navigate my life without a prosthetic.
01:53:25I don't want to relearn everything,
01:53:27but if you want to improve something of mine,
01:53:30a better shock absorber on the shield would be a blessing of the flame.
01:53:34Those Nerubians are getting bigger,
01:53:36and it puts all that weight on the shoulder.
01:53:39Oh, yeah? Hmm.
01:53:41That's a tough one.
01:53:43Let me sketch out some ideas and get some measurements.
01:53:46I think that'll be an interesting project.
01:53:48Thanks, Baron.
01:53:50Keep up your work.
01:53:52Everyone on the front line appreciates the new kit upgrades.
01:54:11I got to say, last expansion, it was really weird,
01:54:14like, doing adventure stuff with Tyrande and Malphite.
01:54:17Now I'm doing stuff with Tyrande and Malfurion
01:54:19because my character's title is Scourge of the Kaldorei.
01:54:32I wonder if there's an add-on that lets you mute certain characters.
01:54:35You can turn dialogue volume down.
01:54:39Hey, Brann, what are you up to?
01:54:41Delves, Nightfall Sanctum.
01:54:43Yeah, I don't think so.
01:54:45I think I'm going to stay out of the Delves.
01:55:15Hmm.
01:55:17Hmm.
01:55:19Hmm.
01:55:21Hmm.
01:55:23Hmm.