The Magicians s4e05--WTF

[allheadybooks]

Everybody, my work schedule got crazy so I haven't been keeping up with my TV, but I got caught up on The Magicians today and:



What the heck!! I'm not used to my shows being like "hm, those dudes have a lot of chemistry, let's give them a genuine front-and-center romantic plot where they explicitly consider their sexualities and kiss and make declarations of love and escalate their deep, passionate friendship-plus-that-time-they-had-sex into a Relationship(tm)"

And we only had to see Margo banging Josh to get there. I'm thinking of that as like, a dark devil's bargain we all collectively made.



Someone talk to me about this please!

Comments

[bluewinged_songbird]

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WAS A THING THAT HAPPENED!! I had a feeling that his door would be a Q related memory, I just wasn't expecting THAT.

Everything IS better with gay.

[allheadybooks]

I felt like Hyman from season 3 when I watched that scene, like, clutching my heart, way overinvested!

[bluewinged_songbird]

HAHAHAHAHA, Hyman is a constant MOOD! Except he and I do not agree on ships. At. All.

Side note, I find it hilarious how Hyman says Quentin is a relatable straight, white hero and the very next episode Quentin shows off how bisexual he is!

[allheadybooks]

Yup. Look a little closer Hyman

[achray]

I'm not getting the show here in the UK but I idly checked tumblr yesterday and...I also was not expecting this! at all! And it doesn't seem as though people who *are* watching the show were expecting it either. Anyway, I've been a bit like, here for the fanfiction, not so much the show myself - but now I am HERE FOR IT. (Or, you know I will be. In June. Unless anything bad happens in the remaining episodes).

[allheadybooks]

Have you watched any Magicians at all? I wrote a whole excited rant below assuming you hadn't, and then reread your comment and went 'oh maybe they just aren't caught up,' so I'm just gonna leave it as is with the caveat that you may already know all of this:

It's interesting, because when I pitch the show to new people (as we all do with our weird fandom obsessions!), I usually tell them that the dude main character has canonically had sex with another major male character, they've kissed onscreen multiple times, and they definitely have the capacity for some kind of relationship, confirmed by a divergent timeline where they were more or less married. And the show never no-homos this at any point, just leaves it totally open. There's actually a line early in the first season before they sleep together where Quentin is worried about getting kicked out of Brakebills and having his mind wiped, and Eliot goes "oh, I'll just find you and seduce you, and you'll feel better" and Quentin's response is "thanks, that sounds nice."

So even just that kind of open-door, heteroflexible shipping policy is a selling point! You know, you can watch the show and read the fanfic and not have that weird taste in your mouth from the writers' discomfort, a la Sherlock. And I'm actually kind of surprised that they're centering and escalating that, even if it doesn't go anywhere from here, by showing us that Quentin is not just open to but actively invested in a relationship with Eliot. Because that is generally what the Hero Dude is not allowed to do on TV.

[achray]

Yes, I've seen seasons 1-3, but the new season won't be available in the UK until it airs on a terrestrial channel so summer maybe? Luckily the internet is sharing the important bits! I was surprised by this week's ep too but also - as someone who was there for the whole Sherlock fiasco - it may be a low bar but well done, writers!

[greywash]

I AM LOSING MY MIND

[allheadybooks]

NOW they just gotta give Margo a hot girlfriend, bring back that pirate from season 3, Pirate King-23, come on show you've done weirder things

[greywash]

yes show please do this immediately