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I am not a teen.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 4 hours ago

can we just normalize friendship between opposite gendered people

Great idea. I would love a prominent TV show to have main characters of the opposite sex that are good friends and a romance is never shoehorned into it at any point.

Warehouse 13 got sooooo close.

[-] Deway@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Stargate SG1 did it as well or evem better than WH13 in my opinion. Sure Jack and Sam have some sort of romance but Teal'C, Sam, and Daniel are great friends. Atlantis did it even better with Ronon and Teyla.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, but not all the characters on any show were hooking up with each other outside of soap opera stuff. There was still an idea that two of them will end up falling in love. Why does that need to be part of the show at all? Let them all have partners outside of work.

[-] CrabLord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

If you haven't seen it. Ted Lasso is a great one for this.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I've had that show recommended to me before and I keep avoiding it because the subject matter doesn't interest me, but I keep being told to watch it despite that, so it is on my long list.

[-] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'm not sure what you think the subject matter is, but I was completely caught off guard. The main character is ostensibly in a "duck out of water" story, and that certainly creates a humorous backdrop. But the show is really all about mental health and wellbeing. People supporting each other while they learn to love themselves, deal with anxiety, trauma, and prejudice... It's immensely beautiful, uproariously funny, and I will happily be the next person to recommend you watch it.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

It's the sports part that held absolutely no interest to me because I think sports are really, really boring. But I'm told I'll like it anyway, and you seem to back that up.

[-] marquisalex@feddit.uk 1 points 58 minutes ago

There are plenty of shows "about" subjects that you really don't need to have any interest in to enjoy, because the show is actually about the characters. Like Succession, is any knowledge about or passion for corporate takeovers necessary? In Ted Lasso, the sport is there to motivate the characters, and is only very occasionally on screen.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Honestly, Law & Order is good for this imo. Especially Benson and Stabler from SVU, and some of Criminal Intent with Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erna.

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago

I want to believe.

this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2024
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