Attention, People of Earth...
The 1988 Movie Was Wrong, Earth Girls Are NOT Easy
I’d like to preface this by saying that, yes, I am one of the queerest people to queer. Unapologetically. Welcome to the Horizon really is a love letter for sci-fi loving queer people with anxiety. I mean, it’s already been shown to us that Joe holds an open booth for all those who have been left out by society; the monstrous, the runaways, the angry, the revolutionary, the tired, the scared, all of us. And the only thing he asks of us is to be a good neighbor to one another. (He doesn’t even set us up to be necessarily nice, I don’t think people as grumpy as Frank, Ava, or Caspar could be ‘nice.’ I know that I’m not necessarily a nice person, all things considered.)
In the end, I think that’s what the episode is about, other than Space Lesbians: being a good neighbor. Checking in with people, doing what you can to help, organizing your community in dire times, and making sacrifices. The people of Hood’s Pocket are those that are too stubborn to abandon their roots, are left behind by society, or are too weird to be considered part of the world. But, with Doug, the patron saint of paranoia and anxiety, as their very scared leader, the community gathers to survive the oncoming apocalypse together. And in the end we bear witness to Verge leaving behind their safety net of the Earth Suit to reveal the Ted’s duplicity of a game of comet-based chicken.
In the past few weeks, I know the Ability to Live anxiety has been ramping up. I dragged myself out of my dissociative self-perpetuated isolation and finally started paying attention to the world again. There’s no point condescending about what’s happening, why, and speculating about the future. But there is a point in gathering those you care about to organize your community, and see what we can all do to prevent the worst of our own imminent comets on the horizon.
SAVE MY SOUL, LISTICLES, I’M ON A ROLL
Song of the episode:
Cat of the episode: Mabel, Bert Bert’s lovely kitten
Best line of the episode:
JUNE- You thought comics were for nerds, but what did you keep under your bed? Your Swamp Thing collection.
FRANK- It wasn’t a collection.
JUNE- There was supposed to be porn under there, Frank.
FRANK- Did it occur to you that I might need some help right now? That I might need some support? Instead I get Swamp Thing.
Midnight Burger Art Museum, Where the Coffee is Free
What’s Next?
On February 11th (Tomorrow!), we’re strapping on our boots and getting ready to swashbuckle for Chapter 43: Adventure! AND THEN… KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE BIG DAY!!!! The finale for Welcome to the Horizon: Big Day, on February 25th! Of course, our subscribers on Patreon, Supporting Cast, or Apple Podcasts can listen to both of those right now, along with other exclusive benefits, you should check it out! Or, you can always buy us a coffee!
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