I feel like I’m going to go to my grave without figuring out if Dr. Horrible is deliberately a condemnation of the geek-flavored version of toxic masculinity that would, years later, play a significant part in the resurgence of open white nationalism and the like in America, or if Joss Whedon is just a dumbass who wrote an extended callout post for himself on accident
Woah wait what happened w/ Dr. Horrible? I can’t find how it related to white nationalism
I could write a whole paper on this, but I’ll go with the short version for now. The movie (serial?) is essentially a story about:
A white male nerd who has become disaffected due to a history of bullying,
who becomes obsessed with Villainy as a means for social change, seemingly either unaware or unwilling to admit that by embracing such means he is freely associating not just with a counter-culture aesthetic but with genuinely awful people,
who is – from his point of view, despite the lack of any actual romantic relationship – “cuckolded” by a more traditionally masculine dude who represents the societal ideal,
and so, yadda yadda, he ends up attempting to murder a dude for reasons tied largely to his bruised ego.
Obviously it’s not one-to-one, since your typical alt-right freakout (violent or otherwise) is targeted at women and/or a particular racial/ethnic group rather than other white dudes, but there’s fairly well-documented crossover between Internet Fascists and dudes who complain about “chads” and “stacies” and everyone around them being idiots in a less obviously-political sense.
Dr. Horrible as a character fits this mold to a tee and I have no doubt that if he were a real person he would absolutely be posting on /pol/.
Becoming re-obsessed with fandoms/ships/character is the best feeling in the world, it feels like coming home, you’re like oh yeah this is why i loved you so much
I like to think that Jack is so 110% that he can somewhat tell how Bitty is feeling based on the way his food tastes.
-Jack eating his sandwich with Marty, Thirdy or Tater (really anyone that is aware of Jack and Bitty)
Jack takes one bite, makes a contemplative face, puts down the sandwhich, takes out his phone and steps into the hallway. He returns 15 mintues later and continues eating as if nothing of significance occured.
“What was that about?”
“ Something was bothering Bittle so I just wanted to make sure he was ok.”
They ponder a moment for it seems whatever the issue, it has been resovled and prying isn’t a good way to talk to Jack. So they drop it and continued with their lunch.
This happens every so often and they start to wonder how suddenly in the middle of the day, Jack claims that something is “bothering” Bitty? One day someone decides to finally ask.
“If somthing is bothering Bitty why do you wait til you eat half your food before you call him?”
“I’m not always completely sure if he’s upset unless i talk to him directly or at least eat his food.”
“His food? Like what, it tastes bad?”
“No its still delicious, but different somehow. So i just call to check up. Usually its stress from school, so we talk through it and discuss how its going.”
“But how can you taste something like that?”
And Jack Laurent Zimmermann, as if someone casually asked 1+1? His response accompanied with the slightest shrug:
“He’s my boyfriend.”
Like what a silly question to ask?
Multiple sighs are released and heads hang low. Food is put down as eyes stare blankly at the ceiling. Some even have to leave, overwhelmed by Jack’s insane sincerity.
After practice Jack notices quite a few guys on their phones. Not meaning to, Jack passes and overhears variations of “Wondering how your day has been” And “Just thinking about you so I wanted to call and say hi.”
He doesn’t think much of it, (since it oblviously has nothing to do with him), and heads home.
This post is such a classic and I love it, it makes me smile every time. Especially: overwhelmed by Jack’s insane sincerity.
Because that’s so…Jack. Intense, focused, insanely sincere. Not that he can’t ever lie or joke, but he’s so extremely straightforward and un-ironic in what he wants and how he thinks.
This is Jack who, when asked what he wanted to buy with his first NHL paycheck said “a truck”. Who thinks that his neon yellow running shoes are ‘neat’. Jack, who told Bitty he loved him after a crazy short amount of time. Jack who is sincerely polite to parents. Jack who says things in mid-game interviews like “well, the boys are all trying really hard out there” and genuinely means it.
what i do is not up to you 