Sky Soup

Faded trailhead marker and the humming of the forest

In the heart everything lonely takes root

- Miguel Hernàndez

richard quinn ss 2023

anyways the show opens with percy slamming down on his alarm clock..perfect day by hoku is playing...he runs into the dorm bathroom..theres a scene with him brushing his teeth but it's just the back of his head and u cant see his reflection in the mirror...a shadow passes by the window that's in his room where you can see messy clothes across a messy bed... again the camera is low as percy struggles to put his clothes on (the whole jumping in ur pants thing I did this when I was 12 all the time) the song abruptly ends with a knock at the door and as percy looks to the door u see his eyes for the first time

theres no explanation ur on the loud ass bus with a bunch of kids and Percy's I didnt want to be a halfblood voice over begins

여의도샛강생태공원 / Rainy day in Seoul

so much of the horror genre is informed by the metaphor of queer/transness as monstrousness. especially emphasizing the amount of horror that depends on the audience's repulsion at seeing a human body changing into a new, other body. I Saw the TV Glow is about the horror of NOT transitioning. the horror of static. the horror of looking into yourself and being terrified of what you see. the horror of seeing who you are and choosing to do nothing about it. the horror of looking away. and by god is it terrifying.