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Jan. 24th, 2024
Weekly talkback for Gilda And Meek And The Un-Iverse! Read an issue and discuss it here!
Here is my weekly article.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT GILDA
Gilda got game.
I am amused to realize that most of the main characters are secretly attracted to Gilda. And yes, I'm including Bernadette and Dr. Raggleworth in that statement. Even though there is no actual shipping for Gilda, most of the other characters did not get the memo. About the only two major characters that spend a significant amount of time with Gilda who aren't secretly into her are Meek and the Piranha. Bernadette (who is bisexual as an adult), Dr. Raggleworth, Gabrielle, Mistress Augatha, and Eddie Cat all seem to secretly dig her. Santa Claus does too (although he isn't a main character) as does Willis the Paranoid Camel.
Why did this happen? I have always taken great care to show that Gilda didn't get as far as she did using sexual wiles. And I'm proud of that fact. Why would I do this?
Because it's funny. Because Gilda is plain-looking, bald, has no bust, and often smells bad. She is NOT the kind of woman people should desire, and yet because of her magnetic and charismatic personality, anyone who knows her well does.
Besides, Gilda never flirts with the other characters (except once with Meek as a joke, who isn't attracted to her and vice versa, in "Release The Gilda") so it is never reciprocated. Unlike Meek, she probably DOES flirt on her days off, but she keeps her professional and private life separate.
Fun fact: Gilda is a huggy person. Which is a problem since so many people are into her. Because of her magnetism, she should REALLY be more careful when she doles them out, but she can't help herself when she gets happy or emotional. Many people who hug Gilda wish they could never have to let go.
Fun fact 2: One of the reasons Bernadette is in the closet for the entire story is because she is sometimes attracted to Gilda, who sees her as a daughter of sorts, and that seriously disturbs her. She's afraid if she's out, Gilda might be able to figure it out. Gilda DOES know anyways due to her b.s. detector, and it doesn't change how she feels about Bernadette. Because Gilda is cool. But Bernadette feeling weird is a large part of the reason Bernadette split up with Gilda and Meek during the 10 year gap.
Anyone besides Meek and the Piranha who DOESN'T dig Gilda? Otterman and Lance Lockjaw haven't spent enough time around her to really be drawn to her. Hank is gay. Crusty is the wrong species (he's an actual animal), and Fuzzy and Scuzzy are sexless. And finally, Vic Puff. You'd figure he is EXACTLY the kind of guy who would be into her, but he's not. Not even a little. That probably has to do with the time she beat him half to death with a baseball bat and then blackmailed him. He is not a fan.
The Archive on BlogSpot
https://gildaandmeekandtheuniverse.blogspot.com/2020/02/welcome-to-gilda-and-meek-and-un-iverse.html
Latest Issue:
Lace Doilies #8 "Bad Timing" (Un-Iverse #63)
https://gildaandmeekandtheuniverse.blogspot.com/2023/10/8-lace-doilies-bad-timing-un-iverse-63.html
Here is my weekly article.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT GILDA
Gilda got game.
I am amused to realize that most of the main characters are secretly attracted to Gilda. And yes, I'm including Bernadette and Dr. Raggleworth in that statement. Even though there is no actual shipping for Gilda, most of the other characters did not get the memo. About the only two major characters that spend a significant amount of time with Gilda who aren't secretly into her are Meek and the Piranha. Bernadette (who is bisexual as an adult), Dr. Raggleworth, Gabrielle, Mistress Augatha, and Eddie Cat all seem to secretly dig her. Santa Claus does too (although he isn't a main character) as does Willis the Paranoid Camel.
Why did this happen? I have always taken great care to show that Gilda didn't get as far as she did using sexual wiles. And I'm proud of that fact. Why would I do this?
Because it's funny. Because Gilda is plain-looking, bald, has no bust, and often smells bad. She is NOT the kind of woman people should desire, and yet because of her magnetic and charismatic personality, anyone who knows her well does.
Besides, Gilda never flirts with the other characters (except once with Meek as a joke, who isn't attracted to her and vice versa, in "Release The Gilda") so it is never reciprocated. Unlike Meek, she probably DOES flirt on her days off, but she keeps her professional and private life separate.
Fun fact: Gilda is a huggy person. Which is a problem since so many people are into her. Because of her magnetism, she should REALLY be more careful when she doles them out, but she can't help herself when she gets happy or emotional. Many people who hug Gilda wish they could never have to let go.
Fun fact 2: One of the reasons Bernadette is in the closet for the entire story is because she is sometimes attracted to Gilda, who sees her as a daughter of sorts, and that seriously disturbs her. She's afraid if she's out, Gilda might be able to figure it out. Gilda DOES know anyways due to her b.s. detector, and it doesn't change how she feels about Bernadette. Because Gilda is cool. But Bernadette feeling weird is a large part of the reason Bernadette split up with Gilda and Meek during the 10 year gap.
Anyone besides Meek and the Piranha who DOESN'T dig Gilda? Otterman and Lance Lockjaw haven't spent enough time around her to really be drawn to her. Hank is gay. Crusty is the wrong species (he's an actual animal), and Fuzzy and Scuzzy are sexless. And finally, Vic Puff. You'd figure he is EXACTLY the kind of guy who would be into her, but he's not. Not even a little. That probably has to do with the time she beat him half to death with a baseball bat and then blackmailed him. He is not a fan.
The Archive on BlogSpot
https://gildaandmeekandtheuniverse.blogspot.com/2020/02/welcome-to-gilda-and-meek-and-un-iverse.html
Latest Issue:
Lace Doilies #8 "Bad Timing" (Un-Iverse #63)
https://gildaandmeekandtheuniverse.blogspot.com/2023/10/8-lace-doilies-bad-timing-un-iverse-63.html
I don't think I can express in words how much contempt I have for Riverdale. Its writing, production values, and acting are each atrocious. Riverdale is one of the worst shows I have ever had the misfortune of seeing. It was SO bad I broke my rule about seeing a series through to the end once I start it. By the end, I was putting more into my negative reviews than I was getting out of it. Even on the rare occasion I drop a show I tend to do it between seasons. I dropped Riverdale in the middle of season four. For good reason. I couldn't take one more second of it.
Riverdale is one of the most immoral shows on television. In a shock moment Veronica's mother shot a guy in the face. Cold-blooded murder. Actually, this is a valid storytelling choice. Set up an unforgivable conflict with Veronica and her mother, and how she will deal with the legal fall-out of her mother going to jail.
Except that's not what happened. The mom wiggled out of trouble (despite the Archie gang knowing she was guilty) and the "happy ending" is her getting away with murder. Riverdale is the first comic book based show I've seen where the heroes go around committing murder and the actual tension is wondering how they'll get away with it (Titans was second in this disgusting never-before-heard-of trope and will get its own later entry. Both shows are produced by Greg Berlanti. Coincidence? Probably not). It's all obscene.
I'll tell you the moment I said "Enough." And you'll make fun of me for it taking THIS to get me to drop the show. At some point in the last season I watched Cheryl Blossom dug up her dead Twin brother and was playing house with him ala Norman Bates. One of her contentious relatives (Cheryl is rich, and apparently all rich relatives are contentious) came over, saw what she was doing, and raised the roof. So Cheryl's girlfriend killed her. And I should have stopped the episode there and just bowed out entirely, but I had a review to finish.
More of Cheryl's loud and angry relatives come out of the woodwork and she invites them to dinner. As they are eating, in an attempt to frighten them off, Cheryl reveals the stew they are enjoying was comprised of the dead uncle who came calling earlier.
I was like "I'm out."
I was so mad and upset I almost wrote a letter to the CW. I NEVER fucking do that. But I was gonna look for the show's sponsors tell them about the scene and ask them if their company supports that. But I had too much on my plate already to worry about starting a boycott. But I still regret that I did not.
I mentioned the acting sucks. Yes. Lili Reinhart is an acceptable Betty, and despite her character of Betty's mom utterly sucking Twin Peaks' Madchen Amick does the best she can. Cole Sprouse as Jughead? Awful. Camilla Mendes as Veronica. Terrible. KJ Appa as Archie? Let me tell you a little something about KJ Appa. There is a saying in Hollywood: Some people got it, some people don't. Appa does NOT have it. Which amazes me he was cast as a series lead considering his lack of both talent and charisma. Brendan Thwaites from Titans has the same problem, but again, one Worst Show On Television entry at a time.
These are supposed to be high school kids and the show creepily sexualizes them all. It's not teen drama. It's borderline softcore porn that only cuts out for the juicy stuff. The mentality of the young actors as sexual currency is exactly the same. I saw the episode where, I shit you not, Veronica starts a benefit carwash for a prison (No, I'm not making that up) and Archie and the gang are shirtless and hardbody cheesecakes and I'm like, "Aren't these kids supposed to be 16 and 17? How creepy is this show?"
I felt I needed to start off The Worst Shows On Television with David E. Kelley. Riverdale is an easy choice to explore in Part 2.
Riverdale is one of the most immoral shows on television. In a shock moment Veronica's mother shot a guy in the face. Cold-blooded murder. Actually, this is a valid storytelling choice. Set up an unforgivable conflict with Veronica and her mother, and how she will deal with the legal fall-out of her mother going to jail.
Except that's not what happened. The mom wiggled out of trouble (despite the Archie gang knowing she was guilty) and the "happy ending" is her getting away with murder. Riverdale is the first comic book based show I've seen where the heroes go around committing murder and the actual tension is wondering how they'll get away with it (Titans was second in this disgusting never-before-heard-of trope and will get its own later entry. Both shows are produced by Greg Berlanti. Coincidence? Probably not). It's all obscene.
I'll tell you the moment I said "Enough." And you'll make fun of me for it taking THIS to get me to drop the show. At some point in the last season I watched Cheryl Blossom dug up her dead Twin brother and was playing house with him ala Norman Bates. One of her contentious relatives (Cheryl is rich, and apparently all rich relatives are contentious) came over, saw what she was doing, and raised the roof. So Cheryl's girlfriend killed her. And I should have stopped the episode there and just bowed out entirely, but I had a review to finish.
More of Cheryl's loud and angry relatives come out of the woodwork and she invites them to dinner. As they are eating, in an attempt to frighten them off, Cheryl reveals the stew they are enjoying was comprised of the dead uncle who came calling earlier.
I was like "I'm out."
I was so mad and upset I almost wrote a letter to the CW. I NEVER fucking do that. But I was gonna look for the show's sponsors tell them about the scene and ask them if their company supports that. But I had too much on my plate already to worry about starting a boycott. But I still regret that I did not.
I mentioned the acting sucks. Yes. Lili Reinhart is an acceptable Betty, and despite her character of Betty's mom utterly sucking Twin Peaks' Madchen Amick does the best she can. Cole Sprouse as Jughead? Awful. Camilla Mendes as Veronica. Terrible. KJ Appa as Archie? Let me tell you a little something about KJ Appa. There is a saying in Hollywood: Some people got it, some people don't. Appa does NOT have it. Which amazes me he was cast as a series lead considering his lack of both talent and charisma. Brendan Thwaites from Titans has the same problem, but again, one Worst Show On Television entry at a time.
These are supposed to be high school kids and the show creepily sexualizes them all. It's not teen drama. It's borderline softcore porn that only cuts out for the juicy stuff. The mentality of the young actors as sexual currency is exactly the same. I saw the episode where, I shit you not, Veronica starts a benefit carwash for a prison (No, I'm not making that up) and Archie and the gang are shirtless and hardbody cheesecakes and I'm like, "Aren't these kids supposed to be 16 and 17? How creepy is this show?"
I felt I needed to start off The Worst Shows On Television with David E. Kelley. Riverdale is an easy choice to explore in Part 2.