Lux "Gangster Octopus" Alptraum
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Lux "Gangster Octopus" Alptraum
@luxalptraum.com
Journalist, author, podcaster, bon vivant. Literally OCD (F42.2!). She/her
לפעמים אני כותבת בעברית כי אני לומדת עברית ורוצה להשתפר. תיקונים מדוברי עברית תמיד מוערכים. היא
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You have to suffer public humiliation in your 40s for the good of your brain
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Which is to say, I think you may have stumbled on to greatness here
January 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Editot sounds like a movie about journalism set in the Boss Baby Expanded Universe
January 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Yeah it is just bizarre to toss that in as a random aside
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Oh it's a classic! (I haven't seen it in years but I suspect it holds up)
January 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
One of my faves, where no one is closeted except uhhhh some of the actors themselves (::cough::Nathan Lane::cough::)
Jeffrey (1995) - Official Trailer (HD)
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January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Yeah it felt very regressive to me as someone who grew up watching 90s gay rom coms made by/for gay men
January 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Yeah I have barely retained anything from eps 1-2; I mostly remember frenetic editing, challenging to keep up with timeline, and sex scenes that were very intense and not quite for me. Ep 3 was where it really grabbed me.
January 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
... what it is like to be a closeted gay pro-sports player, at least to some degree. But *also* it feels like a choice to set the one (because we only get one) queer romance show in that world in the first place! And that, more than anything in HR itself, is my big issue.
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The main reason I stuck it through ep 1 was gay men telling me that the latter portion of the series was the closest they'd ever come to seeing their romantic lives depicted in a TV rom com.

My frustration is very... yes, hockey players are still closeted and this story is likely accurate to...
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I don't 100% agree with all his points but I do think that the attachment to the drama of the closet is one of the most frustrating parts of the show. (That said, ep 1 is the weakest, it really gets going around ep 3, and you might like it more than you think.)
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
AFAIK Bari has never been a reporter which is... part of the problem
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Even after the shapeshifter cons him into thinking Alisha gave him head he doesn't get mean to Alisha! He just gets confused and sad!
January 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Also I really like how even when Simon is a creepy incel he never, not once, gets misogynist
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
One way to find out
January 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM