So Moral Orel

So Moral Orel

It’s funny how done I am with that show actually

I’m totally not obsessed with it now

It’s totally not the only thing I’ve been thinking about

That would be ridiculous

I would never brainrot over how expressive and cool the claymation is

Or the anti flanderisation concept as a whole

Or how real it got during its serious moments

I literally don’t even care that they didn’t get the two more seasons they deserved

And the adult swim were ironically hypocrites to the show about hypocrisy when they told them to get darker and then cancelled them for being to dark

And I’m definitely not dwelling on the music use of all things

I don’t deeply empathize with Orel when it comes to anything at all

Imagine thinking about all the people that still probably interpret Moral Orel as a raunchy, edgy dig at Christianity

Or stopped after the first season

Couldn’t be me lol

I literally don’t even care that it’s a incredible commentary on the hypocrisy prevalent in a lot of the practitioners of the faith

Nor have I spared a single thought about how it quickly morphs into an exploration of religious abuse, generational trauma, and the complexity of the people around you and how negative experiences shape them

I hardly even noticed it’s subtle notes on how faith can be healthy and enriching and beautiful when it isn’t warped and is allowed to be expressed freely

And I definitely don’t want to rant about how a show aired in *2005* had such good queer representation that wasn’t made the but of any sort of joke

Nor how the more iffy episodes that tackled segregation and ableism might not quite have landed, but still sent across a very poignant message

I cannot stress enough that I do not care about this show

That was yesterday

I’m so normal about it now

For real

Less than normal even

I care about that show about as much as Orel’s parents care about him

I’m not deeply devastated and irrevocably changed forever by having experienced Moral Orel

Ngl I didn’t expect 2012 April to have so much character and agency. She’s legitimately just cool and initially well written. But well, she’s Donnie’s love interest. (Which is a whole other problem this show has; it’s female characters might be actual characters, but they’re still accessories in the sense they were written into the story to be love interests first, no matter how much other shit they have going on…) That is to say the narrative is trying to drive her character into the ground by forcing romantic tension in near every scene Casey’s in with her, and making her lead on Donnie on with the will they won’t they bs. 2012 April isn’t bad; the writing’s bad to her. And it makes me quite peeved to see because they were doing so well.

Oh my God, that thing when the turtles eyes go white isn’t just a cool art thing; they’re fucking nictitating

Clowns look so cool

I wish I was a clown

Clown clothes

Clown hat

I love those hats

Not the cone ones

But they’re fun too

I means the jester ones

All jangly

Jangle

Like horns

Soft horns

That jangle and flop

Was just thinking about how legitimately devastated 2012 April gets in the face of loss and stuff. She adds a level of depth to the story sometimes with her emotional responses, where the other characters kind of just go on with their day until the situation resolves itself. Then I remembered she’s the only female main(ish) character and it’s probably a result of sexism rather than weirdly isolated good writing.

It’s kind of cool how my mam can make me feel like shit by being nice, because when she is, I feel like I’m the asshole for ignoring her, despite knowing full well she’s a dick